 At the time, Mexican philosophers also gained confidence in their role on the international stage. On the one hand, post-revolutionary Mexican culture was enjoying something of a golden age of creativity, particularly concerning its own authentic national identity. On the other hand, the two world wars convinced many intellectuals that the future of Western Civilization was to be found in America. The construction of an American philosophy and, in particular, of Mexican philosophy, was seen as the only way the philosophical tradition of Ancient Greece could be rescued from European decadence and savagery.