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Originally Posted by starseed
Could that simply be nurture rather than nature?
Looking back at the societies of the first nations, there were some cultures that were rather violent, but the majority were peaceful and lived harmoniously without the rule of 'law' as we define it. Like I quoted earlier, their more primitive culture seemed to be far more fair and enlightened than the much more advanced Europeans. As Brant said, they had no prisons or dungeons.
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Let's say that there is a significant difference between civilizations and non-civilized peoples. By attacking the notion of progress, I'm not saying there aren't higher ideals that we can obtain through civilized discourse. Trust me, I'm as lofty an idealist as they come.
The problem is this modern notion of history. That is, we are products of our times, not rational beings able to contemplate eternally beautiful things.
I'm surprised that after this horrifying century of all centuries, the historical idea of progress would be well and truly dead.