Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... thousand years that have seen the births of civilizations , and the last three or four thousand years that have seen the births of higher religions are periods of such infinitesimal brevity that it would be im- possible to show them ...
... thousand years that have seen the births of civilizations , and the last three or four thousand years that have seen the births of higher religions are periods of such infinitesimal brevity that it would be im- possible to show them ...
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... thousand years within which mankind , after having been human for at least six hundred thousand years before that , attained the modest level of social and moral achievement that we call ' civilization . ' I call the recent change in ...
... thousand years within which mankind , after having been human for at least six hundred thousand years before that , attained the modest level of social and moral achievement that we call ' civilization . ' I call the recent change in ...
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... thousand years hence ? Because we have about six thousand years of past history to judge by , since the first emergence of human societies of the species we call ' civilizations . ' Six thousand years is an almost infinitesimally short ...
... thousand years hence ? Because we have about six thousand years of past history to judge by , since the first emergence of human societies of the species we call ' civilizations . ' Six thousand years is an almost infinitesimally short ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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