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> [Traditional society was more like a set of concentric circles of meaningful structures, while modern man must learn how to find meaning in many structures to which he is only marginally related. In the village, language and architecture and religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-illich/traditional-society-was-more-like-a-set-of-concentric-circles-of/)

[Ivan Illich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-illich/)

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