“We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise.”
C.S. Lewis wrote these words in 1943 warning us of one of civilization’s greatest flaws. Lewis believed that the education system was producing knowledgeable individuals but neglected to cultivate wise ones. Students were taught to think critically about everything but themselves: they developed intellect, but not character. And so Lewis identifies this quality by calling them “men without chests”—people whose minds were developed, but whose morals and virtues ...
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