{"product_id":"at-the-gates-of-glyona-octavio-pittaluga-9798995613138","title":"At The Gates Of Glyona: When civilization relies on the citizen once again","description":"\u003cp\u003eCivilizations do not disappear when they lose wealth, power, or territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey disappear when those who sustain them stop assuming their responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, societies have built increasingly sophisticated systems: \u003cbr\u003egovernments, economies, laws, and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey function.\u003cbr\u003eThey organize.\u003cbr\u003eThey provide stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut they are never enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere always comes a point when they stop sustaining themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat point has a name: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlyona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Gates of Glyona\u003c\/i\u003e traces civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome to reveal a recurring pattern: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eno system can replace individual conduct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough four pillars-meaning, justice, truth, and power-this book shows how societies are built...\u003cbr\u003eand how they begin to deteriorate when these principles are no longer lived in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, that point is no longer history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitics becomes spectacle.\u003cbr\u003eThe economy becomes abstract.\u003cbr\u003eTruth becomes fragmented.\u003cbr\u003eTechnology widens the distance between action and consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem is no longer the system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is who sustains it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why the question changes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you willing to uphold what you claim to value when you are not required to?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not offer comfortable answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers a clear warning: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe stability of a civilization does not depend on its institutions, \u003cbr\u003ebut on the people who choose to sustain them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that point... always returns to the same place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the gates of Glyona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Octavio Pittaluga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995613138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glyona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Octavio Pittaluga","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588509348095,"sku":"9798995613138","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-gates-of-glyona-octavio-pittaluga-9798995613138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}