#civilisation

nous pensons dévorer plus de vie qu’un animal

nous pensons nous fortifier et grandir

mais pourtant nous restons dans une reproduction qui remonte à des millénaires

sans la civilisation nous n’aurions pas appris les mots des gestes

--

we think we are more than a life

we think we consume more life than an animal

we think we strengthen ourselves and grow

yet we remain within a reproduction that goes back millennia

without civilization, we would not have learned the words of gestures

.

© Pierre Cressant

Eugen von Baumgarten (1865–1919), Civilisation

Attack on a Moorish camp - Defeat of the Saracens at the Battle of Tours, AD 732 — by Alphonse de Neuville

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilisation. Each civilisation dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.