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Will we decide that we've grown powerful enough? Can we draw a line and say, "this far and no further"?

How do we control the techno-scientific juggernaut before it dehumanizes our species?

Is it possible for us to refuse to do something that we can do?

Must we forever grow in reach and power?

Recall images, faces, reactions, hecklers, stumbles, successes from the last week preparing and performing for the elementary students. See if you can't work into your reflections a discussion of the postulates: can something come from nothing? does God exist? is our soul immortal? is our will our own? As well, discuss the presence of fear or awe in the psyche of a child. Recall Golding's thesis about the ubiquity of evil in children. Was anyone in our audiences ever "afraid" of our magic? Why? Why not? In addition, you might include a "microcontent" review of our show(s).

from Republic, BOOK VII And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: Behold!