Each individual’s youth faithfully repeats that of his forebears, introducing him to a role that lives on unchanged: it is a “pre-scribed” youth, which, to quote Mannheim again, knows no “entelechy.

体的青年时期忠实地重复着他祖先的足迹，使他成为成不变的角色：这是模仿前辈的年，再次引用曼海姆的话，叫做没有“实体”的年。