To be modern only means to fill new forms with eternal truths.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author argues modernity involves expressing timeless truths in new ways.
- In plain terms
- Being modern means using new forms for old truths.
- What can you take from it?
- Update old truths with new forms.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What truths stay the same?
- How do we update old ideas?
Another view
Some new forms may change the truth itself.
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