Controversy is often of mutual advantage, in order to correct one’s thoughts and awaken new views. But in learning and in mental power both disputants must be tolerably equal. Continue reading
The Art of Controversy
Schopenhauer on Christianity
The innermost kernel and spirit of Christianity is identical with that of Brahmanism and Buddhism. Continue reading
Tenets of Darwinism
Darwinism is based on two fundamental tenets: Survival of the fittest Variation in a population is the result of random genetic mutations The current version is better called neo-Darwinism because Darwin did not know about genes. As Karl Popper pointed out, tenet (1) is really a tautology, not however in … Continue reading
Fruit Flies and Evolution
Scientists performed the following experiment with two colonies of fruit flies. The first colony was allowed to breed without interference. In the second, the flies were selectively bred to produce a superior colony, that is, it “evolved”. The interesting thing is that when male flies from the evolved colony were … Continue reading
Julius Evola and Lourdes
Letter to Fr. Clemente Rebora (May 14, 1949) I thank you sincerely both for the trouble that you took in coming to visit me and for the concern that your offer of a visit to Lourdes shows me. About the visit, I don’t believe that it makes any sense, not … Continue reading
Intellectual Anarchy
No readers of these lectures should I ever think it necessary to prove that ideas govern and upset the world, or, in other terms, that the whole social mechanism rests, at bottom, on opinions. They are acutely aware that the great political and moral crisis in present-day society is due, … Continue reading
Family Values
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. ~ 1 Timothy 5:8 Continue reading
The Fragility of Civilisation
Ne craignons pas de leur donner de l’amour-propre : confessions que ces ennemis de l’État, de tous les États, sont redoutables, encore que fort médiocre et peu nombreux. Car, s’il faut de long âges, un effort méthodique et persévérant, des inventions presque divines pour bâtir une ville, élever un État, … Continue reading
Balzac on men and women
There are no principles, there are only events; there are no laws, there are only situations; the superior man moulds events and situations in order to lead them. Continue reading
Two histories
Il y a deux histoires : l’histoire officiel, menteuse, puis l’histoire secrète, où sont le véritables causes des évenements. There are two histories: the official history, full of lies, then the secret history, where the true causes of events are. ~ Honoré de Balzac