. _:vb6968542 . _:vb6968543 . "1" . _:vb6968542 "(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium."@en . _:vb6968543 "But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things."@en . _:vb6968543 "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 196:"@en .