/lit/ - Literature

>>12522758
I think he's referring to AUTHORITY, (and in his own context, he's referring to Western (and Christian) Civilisation and its canonical texts. see Notes Towards a Definition of Culture by him)
He was an individual in a world where the routine way of life was crumbling never to return through science and war.
And by connecting each act of creating A E S T H E T I C S with the TRADITION in a way they fight each other but eventually reach a middle ground, he is following the footsteps of M. Arnold and trying to reconcile Anarchy with Culture.
And about your question: that's for the T R A D I T I O N to decide.