Consolations in travel, or, The last days of a philosopher

Materialism Spurs the Sciences

The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of preserving them leads to laws and social institutions. The discovery of peculiar arts gives superiority to particular nations ... to subjugate other nations, who learn…

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• civilization
• materialism
• society