Sam Harris: The Unconverted
René Girard argues that all the great tales are conversion stories; the sinner redeemed. This is why Dostoevsky novels are ultimately uplifting. As someone commented,…
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Poetry by Mark Richardson: “Dear Sisters”
I know that you can wear a smiling face, that is no true measure of your inner grace. Men meeting men take care not to…
Globalism, Don Juan and the Perennial Philosophy
The perennial philosophy involves the notion that there are certain metaphysical truths that transcend any particular culture: that there is essentially just one wisdom tradition…
Is Western Civilization Misogynistic?
Resentment combines hatred and love/desire. Self-hatred and dissatisfaction often leads to imagining that someone else has it better and to resentfully desiring to be that…
2017 Symposium – Richard Cocks
Philosophy and The Crisis of the Modern World To find a way out of the current confusions and rifts in modern Western societies, and for…
Quote of the Week: J. R. R. Tolkien, Letter to his Son Concerning Women, Courtship and Romance
“You may meet in life (as in literature) women who are flighty, or even plain wanton — I don’t refer to mere flirtatiousness, the sparring…
Quote of the Week: Mircea Eliade, “The Portugal Journal”
“My lack of interest for sociology, Marxism, and so forth is owing to the statement often made that these disciplines give you the illusion of…