356: tradition Nov 29, 2015

Tradition leads to reassuring senses of religious community and nationalism; family traditions create strong bonds between people for generations. Nevertheless this can lead to a slew of social problems. Even in the derivation of the word, there were bad and good aspects; 'tradition' comes from the Latin, 'tradere', meaning 'to hand over', but it also means 'to betray'.

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