"The Abolition of Man" Quotes
"The Abolition of Man" by C.S. Lewis explores the consequences of abandoning objective values and moral absolutes in education and society.
philosophy | 113 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means, as we have seen, the power of some men to make other men what they please.
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.
All the time—such is the tragi-comedy of our situation—we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible.
Man’s conquest of Nature turns out, in the moment of its consummation, to be Nature’s conquest of Man.
The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.
The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments.
Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.
No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
