The more these artificial renaissances strive to keep intact the letter of the original doctrines, the more they distort the original meaning, for truth is forged in an evolution of changing and conflicting ideas.
- Hork 42
I found this an interesting line. Comments? Explanations?
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Hopefully our class discussion clarified this a bit: it's basically an Hegelian point--that forms of rationality become formalized, abstract, and lifeless when they no longer respond to a communal need. All forms of nostalgia succumb to this difficulty.
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