Saturday, February 4, 2017

Inspiration from old Roman philosopher Lucretius


Can the " long view of history " - a scientific theory of the history of humanity - throw some light on the political crisis of the Democratic Party ? Lately I have been pondering the thoughts of the ancient Roman philosopher Lucretius -who had a nightmare vision of the origin of the human race -long before Darwin :

 WE- Civilization- emerged from the animal world after a terrible struggle for existence. But everything changes - no human social order is forever.

 Lucretius would not give his blessing to American capitalism - as moribund as ancient slavery.
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Science can throw light on dark politics

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