From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Sun Apr 14 2002 - 23:04:41 MDT
Lee Corbin:
>Amara:
>> Can you say in one sentence what is Victor Davis Hanson's
>> criticism?
>He says that culture is made from a combination of
>"land, climate, weather, natural resources, fate, luck,
>a few rare individuals or brilliance, natural disater,
>and more", but that it is impossible "to determine
>exactly which are the initial catalysts".
>
>That's as close as I can come in one sentence. ;-)
[...]
>In other words, (he might say), we should often admit
>culture as an original or basic cause in our explanations.
OK, thanks very much for this, Lee.
Amara
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