our ishing ▁amid st ▁the ▁fl our ishing ▁of ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁however , ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁ind ist ingu ish able ▁from ▁that ▁of ▁deep ▁e col ogy ▁and ▁bi oc entr ism , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁proposed ▁as ▁both ▁an ▁ant ith esis ▁of ▁anth rop oc entr ism . ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁general ised ▁form ▁of ▁anth rop oc entr ism . ▁ ▁J ude o - Christ ian ▁tradition ▁Ma imon ides , ▁a ▁scholar ▁of ▁the ▁Tor ah ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁AD , ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁being ▁decided ly ▁anti - anth rop oc ent ric . ▁Ma imon ides ▁called ▁man ▁" a ▁mere ▁' drop ▁of ▁the ▁bucket '" ▁and ▁" not ▁' the ▁ax le ▁of ▁the ▁world ' ". ▁He ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁anth rop oc ent ric ▁thinking ▁is ▁what ▁causes ▁humans ▁to ▁think ▁that ▁evil ▁things ▁exist ▁in ▁nature . ▁According ▁to ▁Rab bi ▁Norman ▁L amm , ▁Ma imon ides ▁" th us ▁def late [ d ] ▁man ' s ▁extra v ag ant ▁not ions ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁importance ▁and ▁ur ge [ d ] ▁us ▁to ▁abandon ▁these ▁ill us ions ." ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁C BC ▁series ▁" A ▁Planet ▁For ▁the ▁T aking ", ▁Dr . ▁David ▁Su zu ki ▁expl ored ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁roots ▁of ▁anth rop oc entr ism ▁and ▁how ▁it ▁sh aped ▁our ▁view ▁of ▁non -