The Abolition of Man: The Way

~Quotes~
"Is it maintained that we must obey Instinct, that we cannot do otherwise? But if so, why are Green Books and the like written? Why this stream of exhortation to drive us where we cannot help going? Why such praise for those who have submitted to the inevitable?"(34).

"The direct frontal attack 'Why?'-'What good does it do?'-'Who said so?' is never permissible; not because it is harsh or offensive but because no values at all can justify themselves on that level. If you persist in that kind of trial you will destroy all values, and so destroy the bases of your own criticism as well as the thing criticized" (48-49).

~Summary~
In this chapter, Lewis takes on a different argument, which begins with; "the practical result of education in the spirit of The Green Book must be the destruction of the society which accepts it"(27). Lewis moves from a reiteration, to taking a different look at Gaius and Titus. He writes that although what they are teaching is contradictory, their book still have an end which must have real value in their eyes. He uses this idea to transition into his idea that in order to answer certain questions, they would have to contradict themselves. He then moves on to those who debunk 'traditional' or 'sentimental' values in an attempt to see what would happen if they truly were trying to reveal basic, or true values. He moves on to the same idea with the Tao stating that: "the rebellion of new ideologies against the Tao is a rebellion of the branches against the tree: if the rebels could succeed they would find that they had destroyed themselves" (44).