For, when Rome was freed of the fear of Carthage, and her rival in empire was
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 10:54 AM Author: lascivious set
“For, when Rome was freed of the fear of Carthage, and her rival in empire was out of her way, the path of virtue was abandoned for that of corruption, not gradually, but in headlong course. The older discipline was discarded to give place to the new. The state passed from vigilance to slumber, from the pursuit of arms to the pursuit of pleasure, from activity to idleness.”
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008670&forum_id=2#36296077)
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 11:04 AM Author: Iridescent cracking trust fund
we need to go ahead an internalize this lesson. the process of enervation/decadence in a society is pretty well understood. there could be robust safeguards against it.
when you get down to it, the way we organize/engineer civilization is kind of retarded and anarchic. let's be a little smarter and forward-looking about it.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4008670&forum_id=2#36296133) |
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