The Destiny of the West: A Prophecy by Owen Barfield

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"I believe it lies in the destiny of the West, not to abandon but rather to intensify its concern with history; not to abandon its interest in the past of mankind, and of the world, but to deepen its understanding of both."

Owen Barfield, "Dream, Myth, and Philosophical Double Vision," in J. Campbell, Myths, Dreams, and Religion (Dallas: Spring Publications, 1970), p. 217.

The Music of the Present & the Past

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"The music of the present explains that of the past, and not the other way round."

Alfred Einstein, Geschichte der Musik (1934).