The value of a tradition lies not in its antiquity but in it... - Lucien Goldmann

"The value of a tradition lies not in its antiquity but in its continued capacity to generate meaning."

Lucien Goldmann History

Sociologist Critic Romanian-French 1913–1970

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"The subject of philosophy is being; the subject of art is appearance."

"Literature is the expression of society."

"History is not what happened, but what is recorded."

"Man is a creature of habit and tradition."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."