Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.
Samuel P. HuntingtonRead
Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Civilizations perceive their own narratives as the most significant in the grand scheme of human history.
This quote by Samuel P. Huntington highlights the tendency of civilizations to view themselves as the focal point of history. Each culture constructs its own narrative, often elevating its experiences and achievements as central to understanding the human experience, which can lead to a biased perspective on the complexities of global history.
Themes
CivilizationHistoryPerspectiveNarrativeHuman Experience
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech discussing cultural heritage, one might say, 'As Samuel P. Huntington noted, every civilization views itself as central to history.'
More from Samuel P. Huntington
All quotes βPower remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.
Samuel P. HuntingtonRead
Similar quotes
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating moonlight.
John SteinbeckRead
You are always and forever in the moment of pure creation. So create who and what you are, and then experience that.
Neale Donald WalschRead
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
Albert CamusRead
Hopes were wallflowers. Hopes hugged the perimeter of a dance floor in your brain, tugging at their party lace, all perfume and hems and doomed expectation. They fanned their dance cards, these guests that pressed against the walls of your heart.
Karen RussellRead
This is the reason we cannot complain of life: it keeps no one against his will.
Seneca The YoungerRead
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
Bertolt BrechtRead