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Intellectual Moral Elite

Published by Yazad Jal March 9th, 2004 in Quote of the day

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

~ C. S. Lewis in The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment, Res Judicatae (June 1953).

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  1. 1 chaotica Mar 10th, 2004 at 5:55 pm

    c. s lewis
    is this the same c. s. lewis that wrote
    the chronicles of narnia??
    ignoramus @ me

  2. 2 Vipul Mar 10th, 2004 at 11:29 pm

    Yeah, I think so…

  3. 3 Yazad Mar 11th, 2004 at 12:09 am

    Yes, The same CS Lewis. Super books na? I loved reading all the adventures. I even tried entering the cupboards in my house to check if I too could get into Narnia!