Objections to the Spirit of Our Age (2)

In a positive sense we may say, that "the Spirit of the Age" is the general expression of human thought, and the manifestation of its actions. It is the sum total of all the emotions, volitions, appetences, and in­clinations of the most profound human thought. It is the expressed manifestation of the religious, social, ethical, and political life of humanity. It is the gen­eral expression of the conception of God, the world, and humanity itself, and their respective relation­ships. This...