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The following (identified by Alexander Fraser Tyler) is the cycle for the rise and fall of civilisations:
“From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from great courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance;
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to complacency;
from complacency to apathy;
from apathy to dependence;
and from dependence back again to bondage.”
Alexander Fraser Tyler
The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Empire
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