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
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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
Orientations: Point 2
⇐ Point 1 Point 3 ⇒ The way out of the current situation, according to Evola, will not come from a new political party or platform. Rather, it will require men of a certain character, vision of life, and principles. These are not yet made. Probably, they are still not clear, … 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
Orientations: Point 1
Point 2 ⇒ Tonight, we are posting the first point of Julius Evola’s Orientations and will continue for the next ten Sundays. It is useless to create illusions with the pipe dream of any optimism whatsoever: we find ourselves today at the end of a cycle. Already for centuries, at … 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
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (I)
This is the first of Rene Guenon‘s letters to Guido de Giorgio . It shows how things were done prior to Internet blogs and e-mail. The letters were written in French; Guenon was not fluent enough in Italian to write in that language. The criticism of Evola is pretty severe, … Continue reading
Evola: The Second Rumi?
Some souls learn nothing except from human masters; others have learned everything from invisible guides known only to themselves. ~ Shihaboddin Yahya Sohravardi Fr. Frank Gelli, a Roman by birth, now an Anglican priest living in a predominantly Muslim section of London, recently made available on Amazon an e-book, Julius … Continue reading