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 "Remain less interested in who we imagine ourselves to be than in what we can do for one another."
– Paul Gilroy

Public Life is an Antiquity Age civic in Civilization VII.

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The term “the public” implies certain things: namely, the existence of a body of people with status and importance. It implies a community that is invested in the general affairs of society – not “the clan” or “the soldiers” or “the serfs,” but a category of undifferentiated people who matter.

This may seem like a small matter. It is not. The concept of a public invests “ordinary people” (however defined) with a stake in society and some degree of shared participation – against tyranny, for example, where one person stands outside of the law and defines what is and is not permissible. The invention of a public, in other words, is the first step towards a democracy.

Civilization VII Civics [edit]
Antiquity Standard
Unique
Exploration Standard
Theological
Unique
Modern Standard
Ideological
Unique
1 Requires DLC