If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. ~ 1 Timothy 5:8 Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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
Balzac on men and women
There are no principles, there are only events; there are no laws, there are only situations; the superior man moulds events and situations in order to lead them. Continue reading