But even within this master generation (itself an infinitesimal minority of the species) the power will be exercised by a minority smaller still. Man's conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few... The Abolition of Man - Page 57by C. S. Lewis - 2009 - 128 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics - 1974 - 894 pages
...might give some of us some advantage over others. We are all familiar with CS Lewis' observation that each new power won by man is a power over man as well. Certainly, genetic design would be such a power; even though its medical aim were only to gain control... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee - 1974 - 234 pages
...might give some of us some advantage over others. We are all familiar with CS Lewis' observation that each new power won by man is a power over man as well. Certainly, genetic design would be such a power ; even though its medical aim were only to gain control... | |
| Wayne G. Boulton, Thomas D. Kennedy, Allen Verhey - 1994 - 576 pages
...men over billions upon billions of men. There neither is nor can be any simple increase of power in man's side. Each new power won by man is a power over...Each advance leaves him weaker as well as stronger. 1n every victory, besides being the general who triumphs, he is also the prisoner who follows the triumphal... | |
| C.S. Lewis - 1996 - 262 pages
...dominates all subsequent ages most irresistibly, and thus is the real master of the human species. But even within this master generation (itself an infinitesimal...him weaker as well as stronger. In every victory, beside being the general who triumphs, he is also the prisoner who follows the triumphal car. Human... | |
| Philip K. Wilson - 1996 - 448 pages
...of men over billions upon billions of men. There neither is nor can there be any simple increase in power on man's side. Each new power won by man is a power over man as well. Pīease observe that I am not yet speaking about the problem of the misuse and abuse of power. My point... | |
| George P. Smith - 2000 - 252 pages
...here with the Age of The New Biology.'86 In the final analysis, then, it is well to recognize that, "Each new power won by man is a power over man as well."187 ENDNOTES 1 . Watson & Crick, Genetic Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonudeic Acid,... | |
| Lee Penn - 2004 - 516 pages
...Epistles, Foundation for Conscious Evolution, San Rafael, California, 1993 (privately published), p7. There neither is nor can be any simple increase of...new power won by man is a power over man as well. 1 CS LEWIS, THE ABOLITION OF MAN Humanity is poised to make inexorable progress toward creating a world... | |
| Dwight Furrow - 2004 - 332 pages
...dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billon upon billions of men. There neither is nor can be...increase of power on Man's side. Each new power won hy man is a power over man as well. Each advance leaves him weaker as well as stronger. In every victory,... | |
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