{Cycles of Civilisation}[17th June 1971]

[Redbook1:208][19710617]{Cycles of Civilisation}[17th June 1971]

Thursday 17th June 1971

            (I say again....)

           

            We might expect civilised development to come in cycles: as each people becomes more civilised so it forgets the dangers of anarchy and sees only its temptations; and it becomes bored with civilisation/stability.  The longer the time elapsed since the last period of anarchy, and the less upsetting that period, the greater the danger of renewed anarchy -- as a general rule, in theory.

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