Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus.* – Titus Livius Civilization is memory, social memory. If each human generation began with no societal memory, there would be no civilization. We would still, maybe, inhabit a small bit of land somewhere on the African savanna. Civilization comprises the knowledge, practices, myths, ethics, and foolishness passed across generations.
Late Republic Politics
Late Republic Politics
Late Republic Politics
Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus.* – Titus Livius Civilization is memory, social memory. If each human generation began with no societal memory, there would be no civilization. We would still, maybe, inhabit a small bit of land somewhere on the African savanna. Civilization comprises the knowledge, practices, myths, ethics, and foolishness passed across generations.