From: Karol and Dan Garrison <karol@EARTHLINK.NET>
>From David Richardson
319 Scottridge Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28217-4047
(704)523-8749
<karol@earthlink.net>
It seems to me that the mechanical and technological
inventions were the decisive thing. I don't think a
special aggressive quality in the Western soul existed.
Here all humans seem to be equal. Da Vinci and Galileo
worked out much of the mechanics of flying cannon balls
before 1650. Your treatment of the factors causing the
ascendancy of Europeans seems to give too little weight
to science and technology. But I am referring only to
the causes of Europe's political dominance.
I think that Europe's culture (that is, the worldview)
was changed very much by the civilizations Westerners
dominated. I suppose you look on 17th century Russia, as
I do, as part of Western Civilization.
Best wishes, David