The Abolition of Man
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The Abolition of Man
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The Abolition of Man is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. Subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools", it uses a contemporary text about poetry as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law. Lewis goes on to warn readers about the consequences of doing away with ideas of objective value. It defends "man's power over nature" as something worth pursuing but criticizes the use of it to debunk values, the value
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1943 book by C. S. Lewis
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2004-10-23T23:21:21Z
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2024-09-02T14:37:21Z
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