LETTERS*

The good, the true and the beautiful
Sir,
Brian J. Coman’s “mordant reflection” on culture and modernity (News Weekly, August 4, 2012) is a timely reminder that we are in danger of forgetting the essential meaning of the word “culture”. May I add a footnote in support of Dr Coman’s views?
Latin cultura, being an action noun, denotes the act of cultivating, with agriculture as its appropriate model. Under pagan and Christian influences it came to…

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