The Abolition of Man
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The Abolition of Man

by C. S. Lewis
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    Education, Emotional Sentiment, and Ethics
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    Objective Value, Human Virtue, and Societal Health
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    Traditional Values vs. Innovation
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    Nature, Science, and the Abolition of Man
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In The Abolition of Man, C. S. Lewis adopts the Chinese philosophical term Tao to encompass what he considers to be the broadly accepted, traditional moralities of both Eastern and Western cultures—including Platonic, Hindu… read analysis of The Tao
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