Aesthetic Knowledge
Aesthetic subjectivism, or “relativism,” is the view that beauty is solely in the eye of the beholder. The term “relativism” is sometimes used to indicate…
Architecture
2017 Symposium – M. W. Davis
Fogeyism: in Theory and Practice “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his…
The Pagan Ordeal of Dominique Venner [Part III]
The BBC obituary for Venner begins with the following sentence: “Dominique Venner, the far-right French essayist who shot himself before the altar of Notre Dame…
Quote of the Week: Irving Babbitt, “Character & Culture”
“The ultra-utilitarians are not only as completely lost for art and literature as the Puritans, but their point of view is far more catching. We…
2016 Symposium – Peter King
Of the World Some scientists tell the story that we are all made of matter that has existed since the beginning of the universe, and…
2016 Symposium – Luke Torrisi
Politics, Transcendence and the Corner Store These days I find far too many people, who profess to be on the side against progressive politics and…
Ave Et Vale – Roderick Ian West
“Do not suppose, that in thus appealing to the ancients, I am throwing back the world two thousand years, and fettering Philosophy with the reasonings…
2015 Symposium – Luke Torrisi
Don’t Mention the War! Conservatives’ Forgotten Role The Paleoconservative or Traditionalist is a lonely soul.1 They often feel displaced, going about their business in a…
Quote of the Week: Roger Scruton, “The Aesthetics of Architecture”
“Contemporary architects often speak of ‘design problems’ and ‘design solutions’, and in that notion of design is encapsulated, as a rule, precisely the attempt to…
Quote of the Week: Léon Krier, “The Architecture of Community”
“Just like artists, experimental scientists generally make discoveries not by systematic thought but by leaps of intuition. Yet it is only through logical deduction and…