John Passmore Quote

That is why classical Utopias, and the modern dystopias which ironically incorporate their ideals, are static. … The technically expert citizen is expert only in his allotted task; for him to think about the value of that task is for him to pass completely beyond the limits of what is permissible.


p. 282 - The Perfectibility of Man (1971)


That is why classical Utopias, and the modern dystopias which ironically incorporate their ideals, are static. … The technically expert citizen is...

That is why classical Utopias, and the modern dystopias which ironically incorporate their ideals, are static. … The technically expert citizen is...

That is why classical Utopias, and the modern dystopias which ironically incorporate their ideals, are static. … The technically expert citizen is...

That is why classical Utopias, and the modern dystopias which ironically incorporate their ideals, are static. … The technically expert citizen is...