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Category Archives: Political Science
The Great Cat Photo Contest
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani relates a story about cats and the whole audience begins to weep from spiritual emotion. They listened with boredom to the brilliant sermon of the great theologian. Continue reading
Prole Thoughts
Since I had been taking notes about various news programs over the past week, I was intending to comment on them. That turned out to be distasteful and probably futile, so instead I prefer to continue commenting on European aristocratic philosophy as succinctly summarized by Prof Alexander Jacob in his … Continue reading
Aristocratic Philosophy
Several weeks ago I had a conversation with a friend (?) of Gornahoor during which the topic of a “movement” came up, by which he meant a counter-revolutionary or rightist movement. I had read a post by an alleged leader of said movement that criticized egalitarianism. Following up on that … Continue reading
The Restoration of Aristocracy
Aristocracy means rule by the best. Hence, anyone interested in the reconstitution of an elite must first understand what is the best way to live. Continue reading
Identity and Sameness
Thought shapes behaviour so incorrect beliefs will lead to inappropriate actions. Even if it takes several generations, all the ramifications of a germinal idea will eventually try to manifest in the order of mixed things. Although the rare geniuses of a new system of thought understand what they are doing, their immediate followers typically do not. Continue reading
The Rights of Man: Life
Ever since the French Revolution, there has been much discussed about the so-called rights of man. Over time, this discussion has confounded natural rights with civil rights, i.e., the rights accorded by law to a citizen, and goods, such as food, medicine, education, which are the products of human activity. … Continue reading
The Conservatives of Reflection
So what have the novelties brought us? They reject the “old ways” and are not loyal to our ancestors, or else they count as ancestors only those from some remote, unknowable, and imaginary antiquity. In actuality, they prefer the ways, mores, and beliefs of the modern world and have often admitted it. The task of the new conservatives of reflection is to recover those ideas and restate them for modern ears. Continue reading
The Faith of a Prince
The true aim of the idealists of the [liberal] party is religious and political fusion and, in the last analysis, is not other than to create in favour of each individual an existence which is entirely independent of all authority and all will, except his own. Continue reading
Power and Intelligence
Modern civilized man cannot endure cruelty, pain and suffering and is more merciful than men of the past, but this is not because he is morally and spiritually higher than they. He fears pain and suffering more than they did; he is more effeminate, less firm, patient and courageous than they. Continue reading