Kultura i cywilizacja : od Cycerona do Konecznego
The document discusses the evolution of culture and civilization from Cicero to Koneczny, exploring the role of humans in shaping cultural developments throughout history.
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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture. Culture therefore makes the man; the more a man, the higher.
Baltasar Gracian • The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Unabridged Start Publishing LLC)
Evolution in man during recorded time has been social rather than biological: it has proceeded not by heritable variations in the species, but mostly by economic, political, intellectual, and moral innovation transmitted to individuals and generations by imitation, custom, or education. Custom and tradition within a group correspond to type and her
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“What is civilization? Its marks are a noble religion and philosophy, original arts, stirring music, rich story and legend. We had these. Then we were not savages, but a civilized race.”21
James W. Loewen • Lies My Teacher Told Me
culture — our ability learn from others, to copy, imitate, share and improve.
Ian Leslie • Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
Arnold argued that a broad knowledge of culture, “the best that has been thought and said,” would provide standards to resist the errors…
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