Stanislaw Lec's quote is a metaphor for development, raising the concern of whether progress is significant if it is achieved through questionable methods. The cannibal in the quote is representative of somebody who participates in deeply immoral or dishonest practices. By using a fork, the cannibal might seem to have made an advancement in their behavior, but eventually, their actions remain morally questionable. The quote suggests that progress needs to not be determined purely by the tools or methods utilized, however by the effect it has on society as a whole. It welcomes us to question the real nature of development and consider whether our actions contribute to it in a meaningful way.
This quote is written / told by Stanislaw Lec between March 6, 1909 and May 7, 1996. He was a famous Poet from Poland.
The author also have 20 other quotes.
"In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am"
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress"
"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress"
