To regard human beings as tools — as instruments — for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is repugnant, stupid and short sighted. Tools are made by man but have not the autonomy of their maker — they have not man's time-binding capacity for initiation, for self-direction, and self-improvement.


Chapter: Capitalistic Era. - Manhood of Humanity : The Science and Art of Human Engineering (1921)

Alfred Korzybski Quotes

To regard human beings as tools — as instruments — for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is repugnant, stupid and...

To regard human beings as tools — as instruments — for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is repugnant, stupid and...

To regard human beings as tools — as instruments — for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is repugnant, stupid and...

To regard human beings as tools — as instruments — for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is repugnant, stupid and...