You`re probably right ODA. When you think in oppositions, it becomes probable also.
See the following oppositions:
* magic (Alim)
* technic (Vinci)
* nature (?)
or:
* magic:
human imagination without a direct connection to 'the real'/ 'nature'
* technic:
human imagination with a connection to nature: the regularities of nature are used by man to make instruments)
* 'nature':
sometimes represented as a 'counterpower' to humans (especially when disasters happen, like with hurricane Katrina, or when earthquakes happen), but even if human gets subjected to its regularities, they can sometimes make use of the regularities in a non-technical way; & also, in an other sense a product of human imagination, think for instance of the creation of nature gods......
But next question is: what could have been the characteristics of the /fourth/ civ!
[This message has been edited by pv1979 (edited 12-16-2005 @ 08:50 AM).]