The New Age view of the various traditions run along the lines that “all religions teach the same thing”, “all paths are valid”, “great teachers adapted religion for specific people”, and similar platitudes along the same lines of thought. From that, they seem to arrive at the illogical conclusion that … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Western Social Order – Part 2
A recent comment by John of Salisbury made me think: “Not only were these scholars unable to drive out the bad scholars, but in combating insanity, they temporarily became insane…” I thought about this question in relation to other questions or comments relating to the “inner struggle” of the … Continue reading
Western Social Order
Cologero points out that quibbling over minor points of philosophy & actualizing states of being are not equivalent for the noble character. That is, philosophical debate is not for the gentleman, beyond a certain point. Surely the West (as such) was built upon such a a fundamental impulse, as the … Continue reading
Prolegomena to Noble Philosophy
Nobility, the quality which I call true aristocracy, requires of a man the recognition of his guilt. In its depths, conscience, which is frequently covered up and suppressed, is always a consciousness of guilt. The necessary thing is to take upon oneself as much guilt as possible and to put … Continue reading
The Christian Social Order & Pythagoras
Christopher Ferrara gives a very basic, but nonetheless interesting tour of Western civilization here. I hadn’t heard of Werner Jaeger, but I’ve ordered his three volume set. One sentence really springs to mind: “The State was the atmosphere within which the soul breathed”. This was the common link or identical … Continue reading