The Metaphysical Rationalism of Classical Thinkers: Thales, Geometry, and Sacrifice
Greek thinkers attempted to understand the world within the context of their own religious beliefs and traditions.
Greek thinkers attempted to understand the world within the context of their own religious beliefs and traditions.
The American poet John Finlay died of a disease bred out of his own sins, but he prepared himself to see Truth face-to-face.
Catholic publishers should produce editions that can be treasured for generations.
Bellini is poor, it is true, in his instrumentation and harmony! … But rich in feeling and in an entirely individual, personal melancholy! Even in
Undset is clear that the moral wounds we inflict on ourselves and others are at the root of our misery.
Candidates for baptism feel a deep and visceral need for civilisational coherence.
The Cross is the most awful sign the world has ever known, and the only sign that brings victory and hope: “In hoc signo vinces.”
Many conservatives hold something approaching old Cavalier principles, but they are no more influential than their predecessors were under Cromwell.
Familiarity with the artistic canon is essential for those who would create it.
How do they cope with having a last name synonymous in the minds of millions with breathtaking evil?
The philosopher is marked by the presence of an indisputable, contemplative dimension of the love of wisdom.
Let us abandon our embarrassment about giving to this epoch its proper name: the final reign of Satan.
The great nations of the West had their own cultures once, and that inheritance is still there for those who care.
Europe is simply dealing with its own cultural issues by projecting them onto the current conflict in the Middle East.
Great writers do not seek to escape influence—instead their creative genius shapes what they inherited.
My irritation, for which this article is the self-medicated balm, lies not with particular values, but with the ‘having of values’ as such.
Reconciliation to the highest degree possible between Conservative Christians is essential.
“As long as it takes” is the West’s strategy towards the war in Ukraine. The problem is that Russia itself has now made this its own strategy.
Countries should take notice of Hungary’s family policies, before the demographic crisis becomes truly intractable.
In Kipling’s mind, the relativizing of different traditions within the harmony of the common worship of God could be satisfactorily manifested in the British Empire.
The West has enjoyed living standards previously unimaginable, but demographic challenges imperil its future.
Hungary’s break with communism remains an instructive case study for transitioning regimes worldwide.
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