“It is fitting that this chapter of unanswerable questions should end with the query, 'Where did civilization begin?' -- which is also unanswerable. [...]"
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section III, Section 4, 1935 (italics added)
"From this center, if we imagine what we cannot know, [...]"
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section III, Section 4, 1935 (italics added)
"We cannot be sure which of these cultures came first, and it does not much matter; they were in essence of one family and one type. [...]"
Will Durant, Story of Civilization, Vol.1: Our Oriental Heritage, Ch.6, Section III, Section 4, 1935 (italics added)
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