Civilization, one scoop or two?
‘What is civilization?’ A deep and vital question we need to keep asking. I liked this pithy response, particularly one...
Humankind in one man
A thoughtful comment by Saint-Exupéry, whose slim Flight to Arras is packed with insights into the nature of civilization, peace,...
Signs of civilization
I liked Durrell's simple assessment of two building blocks of a recovering civilization after the ravages of war: a functioning...
What is civilization?
Saint-Exupéry has a knack for razor-sharp insights into the nature of big things: peace, war, civilization. Here he seems somewhat...
The seeds of civilization
Saint-Exupéry uses wheat as a metaphor for civilization, seeds stored and sown in order to take root in people, something...
Civilization, seriously
What really holds civilization together? Women, according to someone Lawrence Durrell once tussled with. But is this as glorious a...
The individual and humankind
Beneath the froth and ferment of daily news, there is often a working through of the relationship between individual freedom...
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