In my view, civilisation bases itself on an idea shaped by the philosophy and culture of an individual. Such an idea will never allow the thinker to rest until he/she imagines the boundaries, the framework and develops the outlook. This is step 1.
The same individual will become restless- they would like to express their idea to the people they trust and gain support in order to further the development of the idea. Once they have found support, the individual will put the idea into practice in a chosen locality for a period of time. This is step 2, the project phase.
The same group of idea supporters will continue building on the frame they created, advocating the idea at a higher organisational level. This is step 3, the organisational phase.
Once ideology is served by institution, over a longer period of time (step 4), the idea is exposed to masses of people, which could in turn, become an ideology in itself (step 5). It’s important not to lose focus on the idea at the heart of this endeavour.
If the ideology is supported by institutions, we can discuss of culture change, which becomes step 6. If the changing culture serves the original idea, then civilisation will follow, after a period of time and we have reached step 7.
It all comes back to the individual who succeeded laying down the foundations of a civilisation. History will remember them and their success, making it thus step 8.
From one idea, a little stroke of genius on behalf of an individual, one day, we might just be able to see a new civilisation based on humanitarian moral values and history books will present a message of peace.
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