The Abolition of Man
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It is the doctrine of objective value, the belief that certain attitudes are really true, and others really false, to the kind of thing the universe is and the kind of things we are.
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The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it.
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Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal organism.
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In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.