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.
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.