Four Quartets

What is the interpretation of the four quartets using heidegger's being and time?

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The poems address a pervading sense of disillusionment that followed the First World War, another common theme across the modernist movement. The speaker challenges traditional modes of authority, not only in terms of political power but also the authority held by the notion of 'old wisdom.' While the speaker shows appreciation for the prehistoric way of living, in harmony with nature, he challenges the value of "knowledge derived from experience,"("East Coker") arguing that because the modern world has changed so much, convention and traditional wisdom should no longer be accepted at face value just for the fact that they always have been.