...we sacrifice other species to our own not because our own has any o…

C. S. Lewis
1624 citations
...we sacrifice other species to our own not because our own has any objective metaphysical privilege over others, but simply because it is ours. It may be very natural to have this loyalty to our own species, but let us hear no more from the naturalists about the sentimentality of anti-vivisectionists. If loyalty to our own species - preference for man simply because we are men - is not sentiment, then what is?
Time
24

More Author Quotes

In your life you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some that you w … ▶
Jesus was either a Liar, a Lunatic, or Lord
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.103, Simon and Schuster
Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it. ✨ … ▶
The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by ‘the veil of familiarity.’ The child enjoys his cold meat, otherwise … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes