civilization

The thumos, as the ancient Greeks called it—the fire of passion, strength, courage, pride—is the heart of great civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The story of our civilization is the greatest story ever known to man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

James and his combat dog Odin survive the crash, just barely, but they’re stranded deep in the wilderness, miles from civilization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

We already know that a super-eruption on this scale would be a threat civilization as we know it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Decades later, when she heard that a petition was being circulated asking that she follow Glenn into space, she returned to American civilization.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Contemporary nations like Iran, Armenia, and Egypt can lay claim to being built on very old civilizations, but you could point out discontinuities and lapses in sovereignty in their histories that complicate the argument.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026

From this universal human experience, civilizations arise and cultures are born.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

For more than a century, the National Museum has preserved a remarkable collection of clay tablets from some of the earliest civilizations in the Middle East.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

At the beginning of this universe, there were no galaxies, stars or planets, no life or civilizations, merely a uniform, radiant fireball filling all of space.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan