Where Have All the Heroes Gone

Posted on 2013-03-11 by Cologero

The assumption is that order will remain even if the sources of order are destroyed. The assumption is that when everyone is tolerant of each other, then unity will arise. The assumption is that, when people are provided with the material goods they lack, then they will be happy. The assumption is that when people are encouraged to satisfy their lowest desires, then they will be satisfied. The assumption is that mind-altering drugs are good, since there is nothing worth thinking about anyway. The assumption is that when the past is forgotten, then the future will be boundless. Continue reading →

Everything Solid Melts into Air

Posted on 2013-01-29 by Cologero

The left claims to be based on science and intelligence, which point to progress; hence, anything that opposes that progression is ipso facto unscientific. Continue reading →

Majority Rule

Posted on 2013-01-08 by Cologero

The superiority of the majority decision cannot reside in its necessarily superior wisdom. A superiority, even when the decision is stupid, is rather thought to be in this: participation in the decision-making is itself valuable; or perhaps is itself a value. Continue reading →

Logos Tomeus

Posted on 2012-12-07 by Logres

In Robin Waterfield’s translation of Iamblichus, the Theology of Arithmetic, we are treated to an entire section on the spiritual dimensions of the number 2. Two is a feminine number, the Dyad, a departure from the stability and comprehensiveness and self-sufficiency of the One. As such, it represents Diversity and … Continue reading →

The City and the Republic

Posted on 2012-12-06 by Cologero

The first question must be, “Is the City just because it was constituted by the gods?” This justice was simply assumed, but that is not acceptable to the philosopher. After many long dialogues, Plato’s conclusion is that there is an idea of Justice that is independent of both man and gods. Continue reading →

Vox Populi

Posted on 2012-11-15 by Cologero

Because quantity is the sole criterion, any tactic whatsoever can be used to gain a vote. Issues are secondary, since very few people know what they are beyond the simple-minded propaganda statements that can fit on a placard. Continue reading →

Prolegomena to Historiography

Posted on 2012-11-13 by Cologero

it may take generations for the lesson to be learned. As it is said, the iniquities of the fathers fall on the children. Very few men have the acuity to see how decisions made today will affect their descendants three generations hence. Continue reading →

Authority and Legitimacy

Posted on 2012-10-31 by Cologero

the problem is not the leaders who deceive the people, but rather the people who let themselves be deceived (personal communication) We have presented three works by Ananda Coomaraswamy, Charles Maurras, and Julius Evola on the themes of the elite and the source and legitimacy of their authority. Remember the … Continue reading →

Origin of Revolution

Posted on 2012-10-16 by Cologero

Revolution is the overthrow of established order, resulting in a state of disorder. Thus, there can be no such thing as a “conservative revolution” but rather what is required, as Joseph de Maistre famously claimed, is “the opposite of a revolution“. To understand what Order is in the first place, … Continue reading →

Liberalism and the Individual

Posted on 2012-10-11 by Cologero

We now resume our review of one of the newer works of political theory. The point is not to critique it, but rather to see how its analyses and prescriptions expand or improve on similar projects based solely on Tradition. In The Fourth Political Theory, Alexander Dugin defines the essence … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Political Science

Where Have All the Heroes Gone

Everything Solid Melts into Air

Majority Rule

Logos Tomeus

The City and the Republic

Vox Populi

Prolegomena to Historiography

Authority and Legitimacy

Origin of Revolution

Liberalism and the Individual