[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

All cultures originally derive from religion.

Fan of Toynbee, I see?

[Cicero]

Not a fan, exactly. I think Toynbee is interesting, but he was a great simplifier. It’s a common enough notion. Oswald Spengler has some useful analysis, but on a more positive note I’d again cite Christopher Dawson, for example, Understanding Europe or Progress and Religion.