| Author: | Hubert Howe Bancroft | ISBN: | 9782366593129 |
| Publisher: | Editions Le Mono | Publication: | October 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Editions Le Mono | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hubert Howe Bancroft |
| ISBN: | 9782366593129 |
| Publisher: | Editions Le Mono |
| Publication: | October 19, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Editions Le Mono |
| Language: | English |
What is civilization? What is the act of civilizing? To reclaim from a savage or barbarous state; to educate; to refine? What is a savage or barbarous state? A wild, uncultivated state; a state of Nature?...
"The terms savage and civilized, as applied to races of men, are relative and not absolute terms. At best these words mark only-broad shifting stages in human progress; the one near the point of departure, the other farther on toward the unattainable end. This progress is one and universal, though of varying rapidity and extent; there are degrees in savagism, and there are degrees in civilization; indeed, though placed in opposition, the one is but a degree of the other."
What is civilization? What is the act of civilizing? To reclaim from a savage or barbarous state; to educate; to refine? What is a savage or barbarous state? A wild, uncultivated state; a state of Nature?...
"The terms savage and civilized, as applied to races of men, are relative and not absolute terms. At best these words mark only-broad shifting stages in human progress; the one near the point of departure, the other farther on toward the unattainable end. This progress is one and universal, though of varying rapidity and extent; there are degrees in savagism, and there are degrees in civilization; indeed, though placed in opposition, the one is but a degree of the other."
