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Insofar as it is possible to do so, why not put some of this traditional knowledge in a modern dress? And why not let it be enriched by culture, by art, even by science, so long as its great truths remain untouched and unharmed? Finally, why not humanize its practical disciplines and ethical demands, in particular its required sacrifices and worldly renunciations, and thus learn to look on them as they were among the wiser Greeks--trainings to make perceptions clearer and reactions healthier so that the mind serves truth and the animal existence is kept in its place?

-- Notebooks Category 20: What Is Philosophy? > Chapter 2 : Its Contemporary Influence > # 96