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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear war would 'end civilization' with famine: study [View all]bananas
(27,509 posts)18. It's not very "civil" to destroy entire cities.
The word "civilization" comes from the word "civil".
A civilization isn't just skyscrapers and freeways, it's civilized behaviour.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=civilization
civilization (n.)
1704, "law which makes a criminal process civil," from civilize + -ation. Sense of "civilized condition" first recorded 1772, probably from French civilisation, to be an opposite to barbarity and a distinct word from civility. Sense of a particular human society in a civilized condition, considered as a whole over time, is from 1857. Related: Civilizational.
civilization (n.)
1704, "law which makes a criminal process civil," from civilize + -ation. Sense of "civilized condition" first recorded 1772, probably from French civilisation, to be an opposite to barbarity and a distinct word from civility. Sense of a particular human society in a civilized condition, considered as a whole over time, is from 1857. Related: Civilizational.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization
In his book The Philosophy of Civilization, Albert Schweitzer outlined the idea that there are dual opinions within society: one regarding civilization as purely material and another regarding civilization as both ethical and material. He stated that the current world crisis was, then in 1923, due to a humanity having lost the ethical conception of civilization. In this same work, he defined civilization, saying that it "is the sum total of all progress made by man in every sphere of action and from every point of view in so far as the progress helps towards the spiritual perfecting of individuals as the progress of all progress."
In his book The Philosophy of Civilization, Albert Schweitzer outlined the idea that there are dual opinions within society: one regarding civilization as purely material and another regarding civilization as both ethical and material. He stated that the current world crisis was, then in 1923, due to a humanity having lost the ethical conception of civilization. In this same work, he defined civilization, saying that it "is the sum total of all progress made by man in every sphere of action and from every point of view in so far as the progress helps towards the spiritual perfecting of individuals as the progress of all progress."
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/190990-happiness-is-nothing-more-than-good-health-and-a-bad
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
― Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
― Albert Schweitzer
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I would like to believe that the power brokers of the world knew this already.
canoeist52
Dec 2013
#7
How likely is it in any given year that Pakistan and India will push the buttons?
drynberg
Dec 2013
#8
I'm very concerned that this will happen some day. They are constantly antagonizing each other...
stevenleser
Dec 2013
#26
These guys are just a bunch of doom-crying traitors who don't want us to nuke Iran.
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#9
I thnk using weapons that destroy entire cities would mark the 'end of civilization'
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2013
#10