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Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? — Stanislaw Lec

Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?

In the original Polish

Czy jeżeli ludożerca je widelcem i nożem to postęp?

Stanislaw Lec
1957
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Technological progressMoral progressProgress
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1957
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Stanislaw Lec
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Lec, Stanislaw. Unkempt Thoughts, translated by Jacek Galazka. St. Martin's Press, 1962. Originally published as Myśli nieuczesane [Uncombed Thoughts]. Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1957.

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