Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

文明是从一种不确定的、不连贯的同质性向一种确定的、连贯的异质性发展的过程。

-- Herbert Spencer 赫伯特·斯宾塞