The Age of the Looking Glass

Allow me to recommend this short article appearing over at FIRST THINGS, a review of a book on the Narcissism that afflicts the current era. 
Of all the astonishing features of the medieval cathedrals, one feature must stand out as particularly surprising to the modern mind: We have no idea who designed and built them. In a fashion quite foreign to contemporary practice, the architects and builders did not bother to sign their names on the cornerstones. The anonymity of the great souls...