Julius Evola famously said, in denying he was a fascist, that his principles were those that “every well-bred man considered healthy, sane, and normal prior to the French revolution.” It is time, now, to investigate, describe, and defend those principles. There are two phases in the recovery of Tradition, i.e., … Continue reading
Category Archives: Charles Maurras
New Right, Meet the Old Right
The Old Right began as a counter-reaction to the French revolution. It started with Joseph de Maistre, then included Louis de Bonald, Louis Veuillot, and Donoso Cortes among others. We could also say it ended with Charles Maurras, whose thought dominated the French right for decades yet is arguably the … Continue reading
Remembering the Dead
Note: This translation of Charles Maurras’ “All Soul’s Day” originally appeared in Taki’s Magazine. On All Soul’s Day, we honor the memory of the dead, especially those closest to us in our hearts and mind. Charles Maurras refers to this as “the universal cult of the dead, of all the … Continue reading
All Soul’s Day
Around the second of November, I would like to avoid naming here the living, or rather to be concerned with them only insofar as they themselves are concerned with men who had already departed from life. A melancholy memory is not a simple dream, and nothing deep down is more … Continue reading
Scientific Clarity and Assurance
What our fathers did through custom and feeling, we ourselves pursue it through reason and will, with the assurance and clarity of science. Continue reading
The Sacred Syllables of Auguste Comte
Order and Progress Family, Country, Humanity Love as the principle and order as the basis, progress as the goal Everything is relative, that is the absolute principle Infer in order to deduce, so as to construct To know in order to foresee, to foresee in order to make possible The … 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
Maurras and Dumezil
Dumezil is therefore a son of Anthinéa, a fortiori when he asserts that the results of his research have an interest “more aesthetic than scientific” that is, far from materialism. Continue reading