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‘Modernity’ today refers to cultural modernity, which obv requires rates of progress detectable within 1 lifetime (so you can rebel against parents) as precondition, so ~1500 AD. Ie modernity is modern. To find an older version you have to go back to ‘anatomical modernity’.
Replying to
Strauss's criticism of modernity was that the philosophers went public with philosophy and created revolutionary chaos.
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