In particular, his ideas on the Byzantine connections and organic development of Romanian civilization were welcomed by both the "Gândirists" and some representatives of more conventional modernism. One such figure, affiliated with "Contimporanul", was essayist Benjamin Fondane. His views on the bridging of tradition with modernism quoted profusely from Iorga's arguments against cultural imitation, but parted with Iorga's various other beliefs. According to Călinescu, the "philosopher-myths" (Iorga and Pârvan) also shaped the anti-"Junimist" outlook of the 1930s "Trăirists", who returned to ethnic nationalism and looked favorably on the Dacian layer of Romanian identity. Iorga's formative influence on "Trăirists" such as Eliade and Emil Cioran was also highlighted by some other researchers. In 1930s Bessarabia, Iorga's ideology helped influence poet Nicolai Costenco, who created "Viața Basarabiei" as a local answer to "Cuget Clar".