“So, let me get this straight, Thales thought everything was water, Anaximander thought everything was indeterminate, Pythagoras thought everything was numbers, Heraclitus thought everything was changing, Parmenides thought nothing ever changes and Socrates thought he knew nothing?”

I think that this cycle demonstrates evolution of the history of societal potential. We once were at a state where our grasp could only reach certain bounds. As we have progressed we have grown in every aspect of what we are. Our individuality has further defined itself along with our unity, however we are still so far from where we are even aware that we can be. To put it simply, I think this shows a great time line of growth in our potential knowledge.