A regra das ideias

"The central theme of history is not the domination of one civilisation over another, the momentary hegemony of one single region or group or even idea, be it European or Roman, Near Eastern or Ottoman, Communist or Islamic. Instead there is a continual, on-going ebb and flow of ideas that pass from one area to another, undergoing modifications by different cultures all the time. To force all cultures, peoples, civilisations into some preconceived 'east-west' mould is not only confrontational, it simply flies in the face of historical fact. Most of all, if we have any regard at all for our own European civilisation, we must strip aside blithe assumptions rooted in prejudice and understand it in its fullest, riches and broadest sense. Not to do this is to belittle it." - Warwick Ball, "Towards One World: Ancient Persia and the West." 2010. East & West Publishing: London. Pg. 11 - 12.