Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 13:21:40 -0400
Subject: (Fwd) Civilization 


Forward from Dewey-L:

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A quote from Walter Benjamin:

        "There is no document of civilization which is not at 
the same time  a document of barbarism."("Theses on the 
Philosophy of History" VII).


Thomas M. Alexander
Department of Philosophy
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale  talex-AT-siu.edu



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