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Life, Consciousness, and Existence
In "Four Quartets," questions of time, humility, man and the natural world, and memory are all ultimately connected to questions of life, consciousness, and existence. The main thrust of Eliot's themes: the modern world is a very unhappy place, even when it might think it's happy. We all live in a world of total alienation, whether it's alienation from our true selves, from others, or from nature. We need to find a way to connect with the world around us and with the spiritual truth inside us, and the only way we can really do this is if we totally overhaul the way we look at the world and our place in it.
For the speaker, any significant change in the world is going to first require a change in people's approach to life and existence in general—sounds easy enough.
According to "Four Quartets," human beings used to have a better form of consciousness, but somewhere along the line, things got messed up. (We're looking at you, 1970s.)
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