 In parallel, around 1931, the magazine's approach to philosophy was criticized by the Personalist thinker Constantin Rădulescu-Motru, who deemed it "belletristic"; the traditionalist philosopher Mircea Vulcănescu, although himself only occasionally associated with "Gândirea", defended Crainic's influence in front of the pragmatic conservative "Junimist" tradition arguably represented by Rădulescu-Motru inside the University of Bucharest.Writing in 1937, Crainic celebrated "Gândirea"'s role in making nationalism and Orthodoxy priorities in Romania's intellectual and political life