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
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
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
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
Letter from Evola to Carl Schmitt (II)
I consider this moment favorable for the return of these ideas in Europe. Continue reading
The Intellectual Love of God
There are three types of men corresponding to the three ways of knowing: the unknowning, the free man, and the sage. The first has opinions, the second is guided by reason, and the third understands through intuition. Continue reading
Letter from Evola to Carl Schmitt (I)
15 December 1951: Among the 19,000 pieces of correspondence found in Carl Schmitt’s personal library, there were eight letters from Julius Evola over a period of several years. Continue reading