Circles and lines
The ancient and medieval idea of 'old' is very different from our own. Modern culture was the first to introduce the notion of historical distance in a way that was significant enough to bring a shift in our consciousness. For the premodern mind, old meant old in the way our grandparents are old. To get from old to ancient, a lot has to happen. To get f…
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