Tag: Premodern

• September 17, 2013

  The world does not need saving

  ‘The universe is sacred. / You cannot improve it. / If you try to change it, you will ruin it. / If you try to hold onto it, you will lose it.’–Laozi, Daodejing 29 The transition from pre-modernity to modernity brought about a profound change in consciousness. In premodernity, the world was sacred. As such, it…