I am forever fascinated by what happened to ancient and medieval ideas of virtue and human excellence during the modern age, particularly during the "Enlightenment." MacIntyre's After Virtue is invaluable in beginning to understand. From Ch 16:
"In a society where there is no…
“With no significant political forces opposing the conversion of our world into a universal marketplace, the conflict of our time is the struggle to retain one’s humanity in an increasingly artificial world.”
Julius Evola
"La culture ce n’est pas avoir le cerveau farci de dates, de noms ou de chiffres, c’est la qualité du jugement, l’exigence logique, l’appétit de la preuve, la notion de la complexité des choses et de l’arduité des problèmes. C’est l’habitude du doute, le discernement dans la…
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
“Throughout history, any general lack of firmness and virility has acted as a magnet for aggression and invasions, particularly when it comes to peoples who, for ethno-cultural reasons, respect the language of force and despise that of commiseration.”
Guillaume Faye
« L'excès d'information équivaut au bruit. Le pouvoir politique dans nos pays l'a bien compris. La censure ne s'exerce plus par rétention ou élimination, mais par profusion pour détruire une nouvelle, il suffit aujourd'hui d'en pousser une autre juste derrière. »
Umberto Eco
تذكير لطيف:
” Que Sera, Sera “
عبارة لاتينية تعني: "ما سيكون، سيكون."
مستقبلنا خارج عن سيطرتنا، وسينكشف كما هو مُقدّر له.
احتضن الرحلة، وثق أن كل ما يحدث له سببٌ خاص به.
أعيتني الرغبة في أن أكون هنا، بين جمع من الناس أو قلة منهم، منصرفاً عنهم، ومنصرفاً إليهم، وفي كلتا الحالتين، أبادلهم بسمة من يرى الأشياء زائلةً، وهو معها، ومن يرى أن الإقامة، ها هنا، لن تطول.
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