If we see further than they, it is not in virtue of our stronger sight, but because we are lifted up by them and carried to great height. We are dwarfs carried on the shoulders of giants. ~ Bernard of Chartres Continue reading
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The Metalogikon
The Medieval period represents, for Western man, a kind of germinal gestation of the Spirit in the form of an actualized Christian civilization, one which was fully in accord with Tradition, as far as it was able to go. We know this because, for the neo-pagans, it is too “Christian” … Continue reading
Western Social Order – Part 2
A recent comment by John of Salisbury made me think: “Not only were these scholars unable to drive out the bad scholars, but in combating insanity, they temporarily became insane…” I thought about this question in relation to other questions or comments relating to the “inner struggle” of the … Continue reading