We've found 4 quotes for 'minoan civilisation' (0.104 seconds):
| "Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilisation and mental culture." »Anandabai Joshee |
| "Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilisation." »Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde |
| "In the civilisation a new law of hostility prevails. And to call it the law of the jungle is unfair to the jungle." »Colin Wilson |
| "It is a commonplace that the history of civilisation is largely the history of weapons. In particular, the connection between the discovery of gunpowder and the overthrow of feudalism by the bourgeoisie has been pointed out over and over again. And though I have no doubt exceptions can be brought forward, I think the following rule would be found to be generally true that ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance. Thus, for example, tanks, battleships and bombing planes are inherently tyrannical weapons, while rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon --so long as there is no answer to it-- gives claws to the weak." »George Orwell |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
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