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Civilizations
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The only true solutions to complex systemic problems are piecemeal, multi-pronged answers, and they will vary wildly from forest to desert, from city to city, and even between neighborhoods within a single city. Life is messy and civilization even messier. If your answer is ever any less messy, you’re fooling yourself.
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― The Siege of Skyhold
― The Siege of Skyhold
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The more I contemplate the spectacle of the world and the ever-changing state of things, the more profoundly I'm convinced of the inherent fiction of everything, of the false importance exhibited by all realities. And in this contemplation (which has occurred to all thinking souls at one time or another), the colourful parade of customs and fashions, the complex path of civilizations and progress, the grandiose commotion of empires and cultures--all of this strikes me as a myth and a fiction, dr
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― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
Do you love a specific era, civilization, or decade? Do you love the fashion, mannerisms and pas…more
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