It Is Clear That Every Civilization Undergoes

No Scientist Ever Believes That He Has The Final Answer Or The Ultimate Truth On Anything.

It Is Not Easy To Tear Any Event Out Of The Context Of The Universe In Which It Occurred Without Detaching From It Some Factor That Influenced It.

No Slave System Has Ever Been Able To Continue To Function On The Slaves Provided By Its Own Biological Reproduction Because The Rate Of Human Reproduction Is Too Slow And The Expense From Infant Mortality And Years Of Unproductive Upkeep Of The Young Make This Prohibitively Expensive. This Relationship Is One Of The Basic Causes Of The American Civil War, And Was Even More Significant In Destroying Ancient Rome.

Islam, The Third In Historical Sequence Of The Ethical Monotheistic Religions Of The Near East, Was Very Successful In Establishing Its Monotheism, But Had Only Very Moderate Success In Spreading Its Version Of Jewish And Christian Ethics To The Arabs.

The Process By Which Civilization, As An Abstract Entity Distinct From The Societies In Which It Is Embodied, Dies Or Is Reborn Is A Very Significant One.