[T]he present age, which prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original[.]

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The present age is the age that has embraced the idea that if something is not in its possession, then it can never be satisfied. It seeks to acquire objects even when it is well-off. This desire for acquisition has led us to believe that we can never be fulfilled.

Source: The Essence Of Christianity

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