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Liber esse, scientiam acquirere, veritatem loqui

Ex Machina or the Esoteric Turing Test
2015-11-23
In which, under the guise of a film review, we discuss Turing’s test, the nature of animal man, and the treachery of woman. We conclude with the revelation of the method if…
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Institutions, Intellectuals, Mystics
2014-11-23
The prerogative of the human state is objectivity; the essential content of which is the Absolute. There is no knowledge without objectivity of the intelligence; there is no freedom without objectivity of…
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Restoration, Revival, Renaissance
2013-11-23
The order of these nouns is deliberate. Secular humanists desire to have the last without either of the first two, particularly and most insistently, the first. Christians are generally unconcerned or even…
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Gothic Christianity
2012-11-23
John Ruskin, (pp. 189-191), Bible of Amiens: “Quite the most beautiful sign of the power of true Christian-Catholic faith is this continual acknowledgement by it of the brotherhood – nay, more, the…
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Ideas and Hidden History
2011-11-23
Space, Time, Substance, and Ideas. Continue reading →
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Sonnet: All at Sea

Posted on 2023-03-16 by Cologero

Night is at its nadir and the moon-scythe’s light gets mocked to dizziness in the drunken sea Continue reading →

Stolen Dreams

Posted on 2023-03-01 by Cologero

The poppy spirit makes a deal. She will take away your pains, assuage your anxieties, eliminate your fears. Continue reading →

Clementia Dei

Posted on 2023-02-23 by Logres

The I lives on as the body unwinds.
What shall keep grave me sinking down to hell? Continue reading →

Sonnet: Dying Ember

Posted on 2023-02-16 by Cologero

by Max Leyf Dying Ember A dying ember swallowed up by grey A swansong born on golden pinions bright Is sung the solemn psalm of fateful night Of the hero who had held our plight at bay, Who with single hand had mastered Winter’s sway Now fallen with the fading … Continue reading →

Sonnet: Miserere

Posted on 2023-02-09 by Cologero

This poem was inspired in large part from an experience listening to Miserere by Arvo Pärt. Continue reading →

Sonnet: Springtime

Posted on 2023-01-26 by Cologero

For my noblest joy, named Eve. Continue reading →

Sonnet: Nocturne

Posted on 2023-01-19 by Cologero

Sonnet challenge: Nocturne Continue reading →

The Sonnet Challenge

Posted on 2023-01-18 by Cologero

The sonnet challenge. Continue reading →

Fernweh: I belong not in this place

Posted on 2022-11-29 by Cologero

I think that I belong not in this place Continue reading →

Cast your soul to the sea

Posted on 2022-05-17 by Cologero

Cast your eyes on the ocean, Cast your soul to the sea, When the dark night seems endless, Please remember me Continue reading →

Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest ~ J. Evola
Par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la penseé, je le comprends.~ Pascal
A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace. ~ Confucius
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine
A man of talent is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot hit, but the man of genius is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot see. ~ Schopenhauer
To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often. ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth. ~ H. L. Mencken
On se lasse de penser, et même d'agir; jamais on ne se lasse d'aimer. ~ Auguste Comte
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson
The divine sleeps in the rock, breathes in the plant, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man. ~ old Nordic adage
The strong man strikes only when it is absolutely necessary, and then nothing stops him. ~ Vilfredo Pareto
Pour l’homme de droite, être libre ne consiste pas à faire ce que l’on veut, mais à faire ce qui est conforme à l’ordre naturel voulu par Dieu.
Very few battles are lost physically. Battles are lost almost always morally; the real victor like the real loser is the one who believes he is. ~ Joseph de Maistre