I found a book in the U of A library called "The Citizen of The World", which is a phrase I have been Thinking about frequently as of late. The idea relates to the RSA's (Royal Society for the Arts, in England) new 'strapline' which is "21st Century Enlightenment". It is a very current idea for our times, very much in harmony with the zeitgeist of the new intelligencia, for the most part. It's probably obvious, but I'll explain it just in case: it means viewing the entire human race as equals, it's a call for an end to discrimination based on heritage or language or religion, or any other perceived difference. To view all Human beings as part of one Nation, one Family.
The book "The Citizen of The World" spells out all these ideals in a series of letters, purportedly written from a man in England to his friends in China. The most interesting part is that the book was written, by a man called Oliver Goldsmith, in the year 1760.
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