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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil
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"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil"

- C. S. Lewis

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This quote by C. S. Lewis suggests that education without worths can be a dangerous thing. Education is an effective tool, and when it is not come with by worths, it can be utilized for self-seeking and damaging functions. Lewis implies that without worths, education can make people a lot more cunning and also manipulative, and also can bring about unethical behavior. He recommends that education and learning without values can make people more like an adversary, or an individual who is selfish as well as deceiving.

Lewis' quote is a reminder that education and learning should be come with by worths such as integrity, regard, as well as compassion. Education and learning needs to be utilized to make people more educated and also smart, not to make them more shrewd and manipulative. Education must be made use of to make individuals better people as well as to assist them make positive contributions to culture. Education needs to be made use of to make people more thoughtful and also understanding, not to make them much more self-centered and also devastating.

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C. S. Lewis This quote is written / told by C. S. Lewis between November 29, 1898 and November 22, 1963. He was a famous Author from United Kingdom. The author also have 51 other quotes.

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