Fairness and equity, universal rights, freedoms, representative, democratic governance, the notion that no one is above the law—these are ideas many of us cherish in the modern world. But where did they come from?
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contributed to Seshat History of the Axial Age: Franco De Angelis, @OrenLitwin, Julye Bidmead, Vesna Wallace, Barend ter Haar, @jgmanning, Miriam T. Stark, Sharon R. Steadman, Gregory McMahon...
Karl Jaspers
Hellenistic period. #Seshat
and political groups counterbalanced each other, so that no one became
dominant. #Seshat