The truth must be constantly repeated, because error is also constantly being proclaimed around us, and not only by individuals, but also by multitudes. Johann W. Goethe   The new millennium has raised a new problem in understanding the future of Euro-American and world civilization. Until recently, many saw it in full bloom, but in recent years there has been an increasing number of disturbing reflections on the prospects and future of humanity, on its prospects, why, by what and to what extent they are threatened, and there have also been increasing voices about the self-destructive behaviour of man. The contemporary world is surrounded not only by a plethora of material and immaterial values, but also by previously unsuspected dangers.