COLUMN. To win the cultural and intellectual battle, Europe must staunchly defend its model, writes the economist in his column, dismantling the narrative of a 'declining' continent.
Ah yes, European history, famously full of compromise and tempering. /s
Edit: I guess what I’m saying is, each of those stages fed the neighboring one to, like, lions or guillotines. It wasn’t really an additive, growing process, and classical Roman culture is a lot more like Chinese culture than modern European culture, in some ways.
You might as well add in the bronze age cannibals and Neanderthals as well, at that rate.
I like how you mashed together three totally opposing things and eras there.
Opposing things sure, but “totally opposing”? I don’t think so. They have tempered each other, not invalidated.
Ah yes, European history, famously full of compromise and tempering. /s
Edit: I guess what I’m saying is, each of those stages fed the neighboring one to, like, lions or guillotines. It wasn’t really an additive, growing process, and classical Roman culture is a lot more like Chinese culture than modern European culture, in some ways.
You might as well add in the bronze age cannibals and Neanderthals as well, at that rate.