Our Age Is One In Which Usefulness Is Thought To Be The Chief Merit Of Nature; In Which The Attainment Of Power, The Utilization Of Its Resources Is Taken To Be The Chief Purpose Of Man In God's Creation. Man Has Indeed Become Primarily A Tool-making Animal, And The World Is Now A Gigantic Tool Box For The Satisfaction Of His Needs.

-Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Our Age Is One In Which Usefulness

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Our Age Is One In Which Usefulness Is Thought To Be The Chief Merit Of Nature; In Which The Attainment Of Power, The Utilization Of Its Resources Is Taken To Be The Chief Purpose Of Man In God's Creation. Man Has Indeed Become Primarily A Tool-making Animal, And The World Is Now A Gigantic Tool Box For The Satisfaction Of His Needs.

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Being Points Beyond Itself. Accustomed To Think In Terms Of Space, The Expression "being Points Beyond Itself" May Be Taken To Denote A Higher Point In Space. What Is Meant, However, Is A Higher Category Than Being: The Power Of Maintaining Being.

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