The Inherent Nature of Man and Evidence of His Own Self - Destruction: For thousands of years, man has been on a quest for knowledge, and this knowledge has been subsequent in their attempts to act as God themselves, therefore resulting in their self - destruction. There is evidence of man's thirst for knowledge and consequences of that knowledge in both By the Waters of Babylon written by Stephen Vincent Benet and "Planet of the …showed first 75 words of 1986 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1986 total…of literature is apocalyptic. There is evidence of man's thirst for knowledge and consequences of that knowledge in both By the Waters of Babylon, written by Stephen Benet and "Planet of the Apes", directed by Franklin Schaffner. Since time began, man has been on a quest for knowledge, and this knowledge has been subsequent in their attempts to act as Gods, trying to achieve the impossible, escaping their capabilities, resulting in their self - destruction.