“[...] For neolithic man doubtless had religions, myths with which to dramatize the daily tragedy and victory of the sun, the death and resurrection of the soil, and the strange earthly influences of the moon; we cannot understand the historic faiths unless we postulate such prehistoric origins. [...]"
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section II, 1935 (italics added)
"We cannot properly estimate the achievements of prehistoric men, for we must guard against describing their life with imagination that transcends the evidence, while on the other hand we suspect that time has destroyed remains that would have narrowed the gap between primeval and modern man. [...]"
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section II, 1935 (italics added)
"[...] All the bases had been lade; everything had been prepared for the historic civilization except (perhaps) morals, writing and the state. Let men find a way to record their thoughts and achievements, and thereby transmit them more securely across the generations, and civilization would begin."
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section II, 1935 (italics added)
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