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"Europe is characterized by what I shall call its eccentricity. I mean by this that Europe does not have its center in itself. Its source and its norm lie elsewhere, before it, and outside it."

— Brague, Rémi event 1992

From Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization

Context: On the defining characteristic of European culture, that it receives its substance from outside itself. From Eccentric Culture (1992), trans. Samuel Lester, St. Augustine's Press, 2002. ⚠️ Verify against source.

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