“ Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. ”
G. K. Chesterton, Heretics (1905). copy citation
Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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Source | Heretics |
Topic | science error |
Date | 1905 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/470/470-h/470-h.htm |
Context
“But if we do revive and pursue the pagan ideal of a simple and rational self-completion we shall end—where Paganism ended. I do not mean that we shall end in destruction. I mean that we shall end in Christianity.
XIII. Celts and Celtophiles
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. The word "kleptomania" is a vulgar example of what I mean. It is on a par with that strange theory, always advanced when a wealthy or prominent person is in the dock, that exposure is more of a punishment for the rich than for the poor.”
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