'Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Modernity should be understood by its qualitative character, not merely by its chronological timeline.
- In plain terms
- Modernity is a quality, not just a time period.
- What can you take from it?
- Assess modernity by its traits, not its date.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What qualities define modernity?
- How does time affect those qualities?
Another view
Chronology still influences how ideas spread.
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