¶ Rationalization Sequence
← Nationalization Sequence | Rationalization →
Index Entry
Rationalization Sequence:
"rationalizing. It is no longer practical to gaze at the surfaces of ‘named’ phenomena within the range of vision of the smoking car of the 5.15 with no deeper analysis of their portent than is derivable from a superficial exchange of complexed opinion-notions with fellow-commuters.
“After all,’ Jeans said, ‘it is man who asked the question.’ The question is survival, and the answer, which is unit, lies in the progressive sumtotaling of man’s evolving knowledge. Individual survival is identifiable with the whole-- as extension or extinction. There is no good country doctor on Mars to revive those who, through mental inertia, are streamlining into extinction.”
¶ Citations
- NINE CHAINS TO THE MOON, p.xi, 1938
