where the primitive meets civilized

where the primitive meets civilized
naive and sentimental onlooker

vendredi 10 février 2012

My involutive odyssey's timeline

Where does it all begin, how does it develop, where are we now in this thread?

I have tried to answer these questions in my limited subjective lens.
My personal journey as I developed as person followed this time line :

1° Mythical age beginnings. The lessons learnt. Iconic moment : the twelve labors of Hercules.
2° Mythical age end. The lessons learnt. The Trojan war. Iconic moment : the Odyssey.
3° Ancient age beginnings. Athens. Pericles. Iconic moment : Socratic dialogues and Plato.
4° Ancient age. Aristotle and Alexander. Iconic moment : Fact-analytical logic. Birth of Science.
5° Ancient age. Rome and Carthage. From Tarquin to fall of Rome. Iconic moment : Rubicon and Republic.
6° Middle age. Byzantium and Charlemagne. Iconic moment : Dictatus Papae vs Kaiseridée.
7° Middle age. Crusades and Inquisition. Feudal Order and Global trade. Iconic moment : Abelard -St Bernard of Clairvaux. The rebirth of Secular knowledge. Averroes-Avicenna.
8° Middle age. Catholic decadence, Reform-Renaissance. Iconic moment : birth of nation-state.
9° Modern age. Religious war. Monarchy reform. Revolutions. Iconic moment : Enlightenment.
10° Modern age. Industrial revolution. Colonial expansion. Armageddon. Iconic moment : Rise of Capitalism/Impressionist art.
11° Modern age. Pax Americana. Cold War & Oil age. Petrodollar financial hegemony. Iconic moment : Reaganomics-NWO.

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