Sri Aurobindo can not be set aside as a back number or regarded as a figure of the past

There are many who still hold the view that spirituality and philosophy have nothing to do with actual life, and as Sri Aurobindo is pre-occupied with these things, no notice need be taken of him by persons who are engaged in active social and patriotic work, and that Sri Aurobindo can now be set aside as a back number or regarded as a figure of the past…

All the great movements of the modern age have been profoundly influenced by philosophical thinkers… That is why Sri Aurobindo gave so much importance to philosophy in the Arya which was indeed called a philosophical review. -- Sri Aurobindo and the new age: by Anilbaran Roy [The Modern Review, 1940]