Unawareness, indeed ignorance, that in earlier time in America, there was a shared overall meaning to world and daily life.
The divisions and individualization’s of Meaning to life and world.
William James, spoke of the “moral equivalent to war”… One could speak of the social, societal, mental,..
The bright sunny days of California seemed a mocking laughter at my focused, determined studies… Cloudy days, and the winters of Moscow, more kindred and consoling.
Stephen Lapeyrouse . . . Notes Dropped Along the Way 