This philosophical essay examines the nature of modern technomorphic civilization and the threat to human integrity in the era of the scientific and technological revolution. The author warns against conformism leading to rootlessness and critiques the conception of history as a force independent of human agency. Through an analysis of myth, human practice, and the specific example of women's emancipation, the text highlights the tension between civilizational structures and biological reality. Man is defined as an "unnatural animal" whose humanity is not a fixed state but a continuous process striving toward universal meaning. Civilization is conceived as a specifically human "lifeworld" (osvětí) that requires constant humanizing activity. The author emphasizes the necessity of critical reflection on science and technology, which tend to become alienated and turn into instruments of enslavement. True humanity and civilization lie in openness to truth, which breaks through the inertia of established structures and enables free choice and the continuity of the human mission throughout history.