# Quote — Robert Silverberg, Downward To The Earth

> When you treat a rational autonomous creature as though he’s a mere beast, what does that make you?

- Author: [Robert Silverberg](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg.md)
- Book: [Downward To The Earth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/downward-to-the-earth.md)
- Page: 231
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg#Downward_to_the_Earth_(1970)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/downward-to-the-earth/when-you-treat

## More from this book

> Nothing was his business, these days. When a man had no business, he had to appoint himself to some. So he was here to do research, ostensibly, which is to say to snoop and spy.

p. 180 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/downward-to-the-earth/nothing-was-his.md)