REFERENCES AND QUOTES Philosophy 2021 Understand that we are the civil society - References and quotes THE EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION: THE RACE TO GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN A WORLD IN CRISISImportance of civil society, the primary sector and creator of “narratives that define lives and and the life of the society” 549 The narratives become “cultural common ground that allows people to create emotional bonds of affection and trust which are the mother’s milk of empathic extension.” 549-550 Culture a prerequisite for trade and commerce and governance, since they are built on social trust. Culture creates the empathic cloaks that allows people to confidently engage in market place or government. Social capital – a collective shared empathy. 550 To encouragement Next encouragement