He suggests that perhaps modern science can still be salvaged, so it can harness the powers of nature without being consumed by them. However, he also posits that modern analytical methods might inherently destroy things by attempting to examine them.
Lewis concludes with a metaphor: the purpose of seeing through something is to see what lies beyond, like a garden through a window. If we try to see through everything, including objective values, we end up in a world where everything is transparent—and seeing becomes the same as not seeing at all.
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