“We wish to inquire briefly -- for this is a field that only borders upon our purpose -- by what steps man, before history, prepared for the civilizations of history: how the man of the jungle of the cave became an Eqyptian architect, a Babylonian astronomer, a Hebrew prophet, a Persian governor, a Greek poet, a Roman engineer, a Hindu saint, a Japanese artist, and a Chinese sage. We must pass from anthropology through archeology to history.
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section I, Introduction, 1935 (italics added)
'what steps man, before history, prepared for the civilizations of history' is not our purpose.
What was our purpose? Go back and check
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