Science for Knowledge, Not Utility

Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy, because it was as abstract as Algebra. ... We may say that the great Greek ideal was to have no use for useful things. The Slave was he who learned useful things; the Freeman was he who learned useless things. This still remains the ideal of many noble men of science, in the sense they do desire truth as the great Greeks desired it; and their attitude is an external protest against vulgarity of utilitarianism.

Notes:

Chesterton appeals to the ideal of science for its own sake and not for utilitarianism.

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As I was saying

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Chesterton , Gilbert Keith (1985), As I was saying, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Retrieved on 2012-01-31

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