I add “still” in the English, to convey the slight emphasis I think the word plus has in the original. If one equates “age” with “venerability,” then, however old = venerable a practice may be, reason is always older = more venerable and deserves to supersede if there is a conflict.
Mad Beppo says
I add “still” in the English, to convey the slight emphasis I think the word plus has in the original. If one equates “age” with “venerability,” then, however old = venerable a practice may be, reason is always older = more venerable and deserves to supersede if there is a conflict.