"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from great courage to Liberty;
from Liberty to abundance;
from abundance to complacency;
from complacency to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
from dependence back into bondage."
2006-08-17 16:08:10 · 9 answers · asked by togurobros 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Uhhhhh, no
2006-08-17 16:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Utter nonsense. The world's greatest civilization, China, has been in continuous existence for 4000 years. Roman civilization lasted more than 1000 years in the west and more than 2000 years in the east. Egypt lasted 3000 years. It could be argued that "Western" civilization, i.e. Western Europe since the Dark Ages, has already lasted more than 1000 years and is still going strong.
So where does this 200 year average come from? Like the rest of the quote, it comes from the author's mind, not from history.
2006-08-18 17:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by Dom N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not bad...but sometimes civilizations are just outdone by subsequent ones. Take England for example. I don't think they are in apathy, dependence, or bondage and we passed them long enough ago that if your quote held true, they'd be in bondage by now.
...and certainly Rome lasted far longer than 200 yrs....but your quote is worth looking at nonetheless.
2006-08-17 16:16:43 · answer #3 · answered by Brand X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your quote, which is as good a generalization as I have seen,
I would put us at complacency to apathy
lots of us are well equipped and entertained, but many if not most are disengaged from building society. We would rather watch TV or play on our computers than DO SOMETHING.
Time enough to change if we wake up.
2006-08-17 16:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. China's civilization is more than 2000 years old..They've never known liberty or abundance.
2006-08-18 02:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is some truth to that, at the moment, we are in bondage. The silver lining is that we are starting to realize that...imo
2006-08-17 16:13:35 · answer #6 · answered by Venus__27 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, dont post it again. Hopefully those that saw it will forget what they saw and we can see how things turn out in a few years.
2006-08-17 16:32:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess, but it's because of history we can learn what not do to and we can avoid situations like that in the future.
2006-08-17 16:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, it goes full circle. Again and again.
2006-08-17 16:24:50 · answer #9 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋