History of European Ideas· 2026Q1
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Languages, not military force, are the primary mechanism preventing civilizations from disintegrating when their central authority weakens.
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Key points
- Civilizations experience periods where central authority weakens.
- Disintegration is prevented not by legions but by languages.
- Languages serve as the primary unifying force during societal crises.
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Abstract
Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them comes a moment when centers cease to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but languages. Such was the...
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