Word: nonmodern
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...essence, had so thoroughly "gone out" that, while the sweep of Santayana's mind was admired, he seemed to be saying nothing seizable. His true role lay in being a civilized hermit on the adjacent hill, the sage apart, the skeptical psychologist. Loneliness and ecstasy were the distinctly nonmodern desires he recommended to Boston and the world...