# Quote — Steven Pressfield, Last of the Amazons

> Humankind is commanded to ascend from savagery. This is God's mandate, which cries out from the epicenter of our being: the imperative to mount from the base to the noble, from the savage to the civil, from beast to human.

- Author: [Steven Pressfield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield.md)
- Book: [Last of the Amazons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons.md)
- Page: 119
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield#Last_of_the_Amazons_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/humankind-is-commanded

## More from this book

> Both men were aware of the imperative held by all warrior races to serve honor before survival.

p. 10 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/both-men-were.md)

> At Athens and Athens alone, a new stamp of person was being born, neither baron nor yeoman, but a man of the city. A citizen.

p. 87 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/at-athens-and.md)

> Bear your command with humility. Lead, do not condescend. Remember, these are great events and men will rise to them. Treat every man as a Soldier. He may surprise you and be one.

p. 210 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pressfield/last-of-the-amazons/bear-your-command.md)