Thousands of years ago--in times we are fond of calling "primitive" (since this renders us "modern" without having to exert ourselves further to earn this qualification)...

Thomas Szasz
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Thousands of years ago... This is one of those phrases that trips off my tongue, but I cannot determine what it means. I would like to think that thousands of years ago our ancestors had more in common with us than they did with their distant ancestors. I know that the world is changing all the time, but this phrase just makes me wonder how much has changed in the past few thousand years.

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