Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), English socialist poet, philosopher, early advocate of sexual freedom; lecturer in astronomy, sun worship, the lives of ancient Greek women and music; sandals maker; traveller and disciple of a Hindu teacher; [...].Edward Carpenter wrote:I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
"As a philosopher he is particularly known for his publication of Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure in which he proposes that civilisation is a form of disease that human societies pass through. Civilisations, he says, rarely last more than a thousand years before collapsing, and no society has ever passed through civilisation successfully. His 'cure' is a closer association with the land and greater development of our inner nature." (source: wiki)
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