"Thus a rift arose between man's traditional Christianity and his rational or intellectual mind. Since that time, these two sides of modern man have never been brought together. In the course of the centuries, with man's growing insight into nature and its laws, this division has gradually grown wider; and it still splits the psyche of the western Christian in the 20th century." - pg. 273
"His soul has lost its roots and he is threatened by dissociation" - pg. 284
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| Renaissance religious art shows a reorientation to the earth and the body: plans for churches based on the body's proportions, drown by the 15-century Italian artist and architect Francesco di Giorgio. |
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