The ancient heritage of the Greeks and the Romans ( including the heritage of the Egyptians , the Etruscans and the Phoenicians ) has laid the foundations of the civilization we have in- herited , while the three great monotheistic religions ( Judaism , Christianity , Islam ) have provided us with a spiritual vertical that we have never departed from , in spite of occasional struggling to do it .
Antička baština Grka i Rimljana ( uračunavajući tekovine Egipćana , Etruščana , Feničana ) stvorila temelje civilizacije koju smo naslijedili a tri velike monoteističke religije ( židovstvo , krščanstvo , islam ) dale su nam duhovnu vertikalu od koje se , i nepirući se povremeno s njom , nismo u bitnome udaljili .