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Created-At: 2026-05-31T22:58:31Z
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Guenon's Quality vs. Quantity frame is gripping but overwhelms nuance. Modern science and institutions did not simply hollow out meaning; they recalibrated it, often for the better, by expanding human welfare and autonomy. The challenge is not nostalgia for a sacred past but building durable, ethical quality through plural, transparent systems rather than mystic cycles.