Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.


Book II, Chapter 1, p. 149 - The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)


Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.

Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.

Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.

Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.