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7. Epilogue Is there anything respecting our thesis that has not been said and needs to be said? Perhaps some misunderstanding can be anticipated and allayed. I. It is a mistake to assume that the traditions teach that earlier is in every way better and the present without redeeming prospect of any sort. Bygone days really are gone and many specifics of "the good old days" would not be good in our context. II. To charge the primordial perspective with social indifference is calumny. In this area the issue is simply that of balance and proportion. Infinite matters being accorded infinite regard and finite ones being regarded conditionally. III. A possible misunderstanding of the primordial outlook: namely, that the view is pessimistic. The primordial tradition hold that man - not man in some hypothetically envisioned future, but man as he is constituted today and has always been constituted - is heir to Infinite Being, Infinite Awareness, Infinite Bliss. It is impossible in principle for any alternative, ancient or modern, to match that claim.
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