Thought and Transcendence

Posted on 2012-10-15 by Cologero

If you try to find out how Plato in particular described the soul forces of eros and thumos, you will discover scholars debating with each other, but without reaching any conclusion. The metaphysician, on the other hand, takes a radically different approach. Through meditation and contemplation, he will observe how … Continue reading →

Principle III: Order

Posted on 2012-10-14 by Cologero

Although he described himself as a pagan, the influence of Thomism on Charles Maurras is quite clear. Being and Order, for him, are coterminous. I don’t know the extent of Donoso Cortes’ influence on Maurras, but Maurras also rejects endless discussion, claiming that to debate order, which has a mathematical-like … Continue reading →

The Nachtenschein of Classic Liberalism

Posted on 2012-10-12 by Logres

Having come across a remark in AKC‘s letters that the really cultured and spiritual European does not have a peer in their Eastern counterparts, I returned to a volume of Wilhelm Humboldt‘s collected letters and essays, excerpted by subject. Although one can tell that the writing was not in English … 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 →

Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (VIII)

Posted on 2012-10-08 by Cologero

I was happy to see that you are completely in agreement with everything that I wrote in my last book; furthermore, the contrary would have really astonished me. The coincidences that you pointed out to me with the things that you yourself had written earlier are actually very remarkable; these agreements are certainly not the result of chance (besides which, I don’t believe at all). Continue reading →

Principle II: Force

Posted on 2012-10-07 by Cologero

From Chapter II, “Principles”,La Force, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. To the principle of Truth, Mr. Maurras adds the principle of Force, without which the former is impotent. Yet, Force must be guided by sound judgment. There are despotic weaknesses, malicious stupidities, and losers worthy of being so, … Continue reading →

Excerpt from Forming the Soul

Posted on 2012-10-05 by Logres

The following is an excerpt from a tract circulated within the Orthodox Word; it was written by the Sisters of St. Xenia’s Skete. A good friend of mine gave it to me a long while ago. There is food for thought here, as the writer(s) argue that old Western culture … Continue reading →

Chaos in Mathematics

Posted on 2012-10-04 by Cologero

These are some reflections on what chaos means in the context of mathematics and physics. Chaos must be understood as the absence, or privation, of order, not as the opposite of order in any active sense. Continue reading →

Random Thoughts at Fall Harvest 2012

Posted on 2012-10-03 by Cologero

The Library, university and home stand for learning and stability. On the other hand, the library is a testament to endless discussion without resolution, the university at best a place to catalog knowledge rather than teach it, and the home, a place for emotional abuse or worse. Continue reading →

Letters from Evola to Eliade (III)

Posted on 2012-10-01 by Cologero

As to methodology, I seek to follow a middle way different from most esoterists, I am also concerned to produce research satisfactory from the scientific point of view. What you undertake in the fields of the science of religions and mythology, I undertook many years ago, but in the field of academic philosophy that was then absolute idealism. Continue reading →

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Liber esse, scientiam acquirere, veritatem loqui

Thought and Transcendence

Principle III: Order

The Nachtenschein of Classic Liberalism

Liberalism and the Individual

Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (VIII)

Principle II: Force

Excerpt from Forming the Soul

Chaos in Mathematics

Random Thoughts at Fall Harvest 2012

Letters from Evola to Eliade (III)