Meaning in Minutiae

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Tytler Cycle of Society

  • From bondage to spiritual faith;
  • From spiritual faith to great courage;
  • From courage to liberty;
  • From liberty to abundance;
  • From abundance to complacency;
  • From complacency to apathy;
  • From apathy to dependence;
  • From dependence back into bondage

  • “From bondage to spiritual faith               (1760 to 1769)
    “From spiritual faith to great courage     (1770 to 1783)
    “From courage to liberty                            (1784 to 1865)
    “From liberty to abundance                                   (1866 to 1969)
    “From abundance to complacency                      (1970 to 1989)
    “From complacency to apathy                  (1990 to 2000)
    “From apathy to dependence                    (2001 to 2007)
    “From dependence back into bondage   (2008 to ????)