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in the material conditions of life,
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cannot take root and flourish without
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an understanding of how they came about and
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what challenges they have had to surmount.
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Non-Western peoples who wish to share in the things
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that characterize modernity will need to study the ideas
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and history of Western civilization
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to achieve what they want, and westerners,
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I would argue, who wish
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to preserve these things
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must do the same.
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The many civilizations adopted by the human race