In the dialectic of existence, when an empire is seduced by the sirens of comfort, it retreats into a reflective inwardness, unaware of the imminent despair. It's a tragic irony: in seeking to avoid suffering, the empire amplifies it, for in ignoring the existential void, it becomes consumed by it. Empires, like men, are susceptible to the intoxicating allure of ease and luxury. Yet, in their hedonistic pursuits, they risk courting the abyss, for when one turns away from the confronting depths, those very depths creep stealthily behind. An empire that grows too soft invites its own annihilation, for it no longer has the fortitude to face the abyss that has begun to gaze back. This moral fiber is not tested in prosperity but in adversity. When its populace revels only in the sensuous and avoids the demands of duty, it fails its own categorical imperative. By neglecting the moral law within, it courts the void without, and as reason is cast aside, so too falls the empire.

• Acid-free, PH-neutral, poly-cotton base
• 20.5 mil (0.5 mm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 13.9 oz/yd2(470 g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Matte finish coating
• 1.5″ (3.81 cm) deep
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product in the EU sourced from Latvia
• Blank product in the US sourced from the US