Reject the Evidence of Your Eyes
The Party told you to reject
the evidence of your eyes
and ears. It was their final,
most essential command.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian speculative fiction novel by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book. Thematically, it centres on totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours. Nineteen Eighty-Four has often been regarded as a classic and has been acknowledged for its impact on twentieth-century literature.
The Party told you to reject
the evidence of your eyes
and ears. It was their final,
most essential command.
‘But the world itself is only a speck of dust.
And man is tiny — helpless!
Do you suppose it is beyond us to produce a dual system of astronomy? The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them. Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have you forgotten doublethink?