Nowadays, “discussion” has become commodified, the saleable product of cable news and journals of opinion; there is no longer even the pretense of a “search for truth”. Learn the reasons why. I don’t believe that Carl Schmitt’s monograph on Donoso Cortes, mentioned by Julius Evola, has been translated into English. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Nietzsche, Aquinas, Dante
Nietzsche’s claim to fame is as a psychologist. In that, he can be very insightful in exposing hypocrisy, ressentiment, and the like. In that as a side effect, he is a creator of the modern world which has replaced discussion and dialog with accusation. Today, a man’s ideas are barely considered, but instead his motives are questioned; certain points of view are even considered to be “mental illnesses”. Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Evola (I)
I have to tell you how little I was able to understand at all the interest that you showed in the reading of my books. Continue reading
Orientations: Point 3
⇐ Point 2 Point 4 ⇒ First of all, what is that “legionary spirit” and where is the evidence for it today? That spirit has nothing to do with hot-headedness, emotional outbursts, or partisanship. Rather, it is characterized by an iron will, a sense of order, rationality, mental sobriety, the ability … Continue reading
General Law
After finishing Gnosis 1,2,&3, the concept of General Law stands out as very nearly the most important paradox in the book we can grasp, if we want to grasp daily practical implications. This concept has political implications, as well as personal: No one escapes General Law – it is impossible. … Continue reading
The Case for Evola
Guido de Giorgio I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. ~ Antonio Gramsci: Letters from Prison (December 19th, 1929) Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture. ~ Benedetto Croce Based on Julius Evola’s article … Continue reading
The Modernity of Hobbes – Part 2
After reviewing Carl Schmitt‘s monograph, Julius Evola moves on to his own unique interpretation. At least, I am unaware of a similar interpretation. Rather than viewing Leviathan as the beginning of the modern political world, he sees it as the residue of the Traditional world, the remnant of a civilization … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (II)
It is clear here that we speak of the East and the West as two ideal types which, if they belong to the general character of the two cultures, cannot belong to their details. Continue reading
Orientations: Point 2
⇐ Point 1 Point 3 ⇒ The way out of the current situation, according to Evola, will not come from a new political party or platform. Rather, it will require men of a certain character, vision of life, and principles. These are not yet made. Probably, they are still not clear, … Continue reading
The Modernity of Hobbes
Julius Evola‘s review of Carl Schmitt’s monograph on Thomas Hobbes originally appeared in Lo Stato, January 1939. Together, they expose the mentality of the modern mind in the political realm. This article will appear in two parts. This part is Evola’s review of Schmitt’s essay. The second part will contain … Continue reading