The Meaning of Non Plus Ultra

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This is the meaning of Non Plus Ultra: No mas. No farther. Enough. The end. Go no farther.

This is the emotional idea of modern fundamentalists of all persuasions. Non plus ultra! Non Plus Ultra means existential fear of change. Change invalidates old stuff.

So the motto of religious nuttery everywhere is 'Non Plus Ultra!' This idea is most obvious today in the Muslim World and in the Jewish World. The world of Christian Fundamentalism also fears change, and also adopts the motto of 'Non Plus Ultra.'

'Non plus ultra' is the motto of Conservatism everywhere.

We are living in the age of Non Plus Ultra.

Science proclaims, 'Plus Ultra!'

Science maintains that 'all which is old is suspect' and that furthermore 'all that is new is true.' Science is correct in this regard most of the time.