Modernity's greatest loss is not material but spiritual—the ... - Mircea Eliade

"Modernity's greatest loss is not material but spiritual—the loss of meaning and connection to the eternal."

Mircea Eliade Philosophy

Historian of Religion Romanian 1907–1986

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