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... civilization itself , if we use the word in its narrower and older sense of the elaboration of citizenship in a political and social organization , and exclude mechanical and scientific progress from it , has , on the whole , been ...
... civilization itself , if we use the word in its narrower and older sense of the elaboration of citizenship in a political and social organization , and exclude mechanical and scientific progress from it , has , on the whole , been ...
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... civilization in the narrower sense of the word were tend- ing to make human societies , as they became more elaborately organized , more heterogeneous and mutually unsympathetic , there were also coming into play throughout the ...
... civilization in the narrower sense of the word were tend- ing to make human societies , as they became more elaborately organized , more heterogeneous and mutually unsympathetic , there were also coming into play throughout the ...
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... civilization . We shall find as we proceed that these simple oppositions do not by any means state all the possibilities of the case ; but for a moment or so it will be convenient to con- fine our attention to this enhancement of the ...
... civilization . We shall find as we proceed that these simple oppositions do not by any means state all the possibilities of the case ; but for a moment or so it will be convenient to con- fine our attention to this enhancement of the ...
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... civilization ' as used in discussions like these . It is a vision of the world as a social system collapsing chaotically , not under the assault of outer barbarians , but beneath the pressure of this inevitable hypertrophy of war . III ...
... civilization ' as used in discussions like these . It is a vision of the world as a social system collapsing chaotically , not under the assault of outer barbarians , but beneath the pressure of this inevitable hypertrophy of war . III ...
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... civilization went to the wall . In the Middle Ages , the feudal chief , the dominant , soldierly , often predatory personality , gathered his vassals ( ' Gesellen , ' companions ) around him for purposes of offense and defense THE IDEA ...
... civilization went to the wall . In the Middle Ages , the feudal chief , the dominant , soldierly , often predatory personality , gathered his vassals ( ' Gesellen , ' companions ) around him for purposes of offense and defense THE IDEA ...
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