“One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church ... We must hold this for certain, namely: that the faith of the people at the present day is one with the faith of the people in past centuries. Were this not true, then we would be in a different church than they were in and, literally, the Church would not be One.” PeopleWritingDifferentWould BePastCertainChurchCenturyUnityDenyCatholicismIdenticalPresent Day Author:Thomas Aquinas
“A different conception of society, very different from that which now prevails, is in process of formation. Under the name of Anarchy, a new interpretation of the past and present life of society arises, giving at the same time a forecast as regards its future, both conceived in the same spirit as the above-mentioned interpretation in natural sciences. Anarchy, therefore, appears as a constituent part of the new philosophy, and that is why Anarchists come in contact, on so many points, with the greatest thinkers and poets of the present day.” GivingDifferentPhilosophyPastSpiritNamesProcessNaturalPoetRegardAriseContactInterpretationConceptionThinkerAnarchyAnarchismAnarchistFormationPresent DayConstituentsPast And PresentNatural ScienceForecastsPresent Life Author:Peter Kropotkin
“Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present day dances as a poor substitute for the old. From an artistic point of view, they maybe, but in individual freedom and independence of spirit they mark a stage upward.” WorldLooksPastSpiritIndividualPoorViewsStageRegretMarkIndependencePoint Of ViewArtisticSubstitutesGlamourPresent DayOld WorldIndividual FreedomFestivities Author:Flora Thompson
“Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while at the same time, by conscious choice of lighting and pictorial structure, suggest the aesthetic legacy of the past.” PastChoicesCoursesPerfectPhotographyConsciousStructurePhotographerMediumsLegacyAestheticInvestigationLightingPresent DayPictorialSpecifics Author:John Pfahl
“Ressentiment is always to some degree a determinant of the romantic type of mind. At least this is so when the romantic nostalgia for some past era (Hellas, the Middle Ages, etc.) is not primarily based on the values of that period, but on the wish to escape from the present. Then all praise of the “past” has the implied purpose of downgrading present-day reality.” MindRealityAgePastPurposeValuesWishMiddleTypePeriodsDegreesPraiseNostalgiaErasEtcMiddle AgesPresent DayImpliedDowngrading Book:On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings Source: On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings