Civil liberty 'natural liberty restrained by law only so far as is necessary for the public good' is by 1640s. Episode 1 54m 10s Video has closed captioning. Ĭivil case (as opposed to criminal) is recorded from 1610s. The word applies to all sincere kindness and attention. Courteous, literally, expresses that style of politeness which belongs to courts: a courteous man is one who is gracefully respectful in his address and manner - one who exhibits a union of dignified complaisance and kindness. Civil, literally, applies to one who fulfills the duty of a citizen It may mean simply not rude, or observant of the external courtesies of intercourse, or quick to do and say gratifying and complimentary things. The sense of 'polite' was in classical Latin, but English did not pick up this nuance of the word until late 16c., and it has tended to descend in meaning to 'meeting minimum standards of courtesy.' ' Courteous is thus more commonly said of superiors, civil of inferiors, since it implies or suggests the possibility of incivility or rudeness'.

As opposed to ecclesiastical, it means all law not ecclesiastical: as opposed to military, it means all law not military, and so on. As opposed to criminal, it means all law not criminal. The word civil has about twelve different meanings it is applied to all manner of objects, which are perfectly disparate. Meaning 'relating to the citizen in his relation to the commonwealth or to fellow citizens' also is from 1610s. The formation of urban settlements (cities) is the primary characteristic of a society that can be characterized as 'civilized.' Other characteristics of civilization include a sedentary non. Specifically 'relating to the commonwealth as secularly organized' (as opposed to military or ecclesiastical) by 1610s. A cradle of civilization is a location and a culture where civilization was created by mankind independent of other civilizations in other locations. Meaning 'not barbarous, civilized' is from 1550s. Using archaeology and textual sources, this course will build a. Late 14c., 'relating to civil law or life pertaining to the internal affairs of a state,' from Old French civil 'civil, relating to civil law' (13c.) and directly from Latin civilis 'relating to a society, pertaining to public life, relating to the civic order, befitting a citizen,' hence by extension 'popular, affable, courteous ' alternative adjectival derivative of civis 'townsman' (see city). Civilization was born over 5000 years ago on the fertile plains of southern Mesopotamia.

First civilization