Cat's Cradle Philosophy—Humanism Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 By that [Bokonon] means that a karass ignores national, institutional, occupational, familial, and class boundaries. (2.2) |
Karass is an inherently humanist concept in that it ignores all those social boundaries listed above. The only requirement to entering a karass is to be a human. Oh, or a particularly intelligent robot. That'd be cool.
| Quote #2 Dr. Breed obeyed, stepping back to read the banner's message. "Peace on Earth!" he read out loud heartily. (17.6) |
Ah, Christmas time. It's the one time of year where everyone is a humanist, minus bargain shoppers, of course.
| Quote #3 There was a framed photograph on [Hoenikker's] desk. Its back was toward me and I ventured a guess as to whose picture it was. "His wife?" "No." "One of his children?" "No." (27.17-20) |
Felix Hoenikker provides a convenient antithesis to humanism. If you ever want to decide if a character is or isn't a humanist in the novel, just compare them to old Dr. Hoenikker.
