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The Abolition of Man
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I have read this before and appreciated it. Reading it as a mom, the wife of a high school administrator, a homeschool parent and a perpetual student of Lewis, it was utterly profound for me this time. I think that this has become my very favorite of Lewis's philosophical reflections or social commentaries. The third reflection about science was particularly compelling.
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Quotes Sara Liked
“You can’t go on “seeing through” things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. To “see through” all things is the same as not to see.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“By starving the sensibility of our pupils we only make them easier prey to the propagandist when he comes. For famished nature will be avenged and a hard heart is no infallible protection against a soft head.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“Another little portion of the human heritage has been quietly taken from them before they were old enough to understand.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
“When all that says ‘it is good’ has been debunked, what says ‘I want’ remains.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man