"So we could say that while we, humans, are crouching in the open gate of paradise, the animals walk in and out of the same gate with angelic calmness. (...) We can only return to the Garden of Eden by the same way we came out. The way of knowledge. The business seems hopeless, but there is always an inspiring story in our indelible past.
For no one can serve his own good without the knowledge of good, which knowledge is as little accessible by mere facts as by our mere chatter. (...) A scientist or a social justice warrior, despite their best intentions, cannot do us any good without knowledge of the true nature of nature and human nature, because only this knowledge can make them good people. However, according to the classical understanding, good can only be done by those who are good themselves."