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This reads as a blunt warning against treating the dangerous or dehumanized as harmless. It can be taken to mean that once something stops fitting a clear human moral category, caution comes first, and a defensive response may be justified. In a tense encounter with cruelty, manipulation, or a situation that feels fundamentally off, it lands as a hard call to stay alert.
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About C.S. Lewis
British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian
C. S. Lewis was a British author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held posts in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis also wrote The Screwtape Letters and the Space Trilogy, along with Christian apologetic works such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. His writing ranges from imaginative fiction to religious argument, and much of it reflects his interest in Christian belief and moral questions.
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