バートランド・ラッセル『ヒューマン・ソサエティ-倫理学から政治学へ』第2部[「情熱の葛藤」- 第2章- Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, Part II, chapter 4
* 原著:Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954* 邦訳書:バートランド・ラッセル(著),勝部真長・長谷川鑛平(共訳)『ヒューマン・ソサエティ-倫理学から政治学へ』(玉川大学出版部,1981年7月刊。268+x pp.)
『ヒューマン・ソサエティ』第2部「情熱の葛藤」- 第4章「神話と魔力」n.14 |
Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, part II: The Conflict of Passions, chapter 4: Myth and Magic, n.14 | |||
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All this, it may be said, has been true of science in the past, but has now ceased to be true. Science, it may be said, has now entered upon a new realm of destruction which threatens mankind with far worse things than ever came out of the darkest superstition. The danger is real and no sane man will minimize it, but if it is to be successfully combated it will not be by a return to ancient myths, or by acquiescence in the presentday myths that are leading mankind towards destruction. If salvation is to be found, it must be by the help of more science, not less; it must be by an understanding of man and his impulses, and by the discovery of ways in which his impulses can be led towards happiness and contentment, rather than, as in the past and in the present, towards unintended, undesired disaster. |