blogging in the light of tradition and apocalypse
Hegel famously referred to Napoleon as the world soul on horseback. Sufi Muslims say more or less the same about Muhammad whereas Christians say it is Christ in the Church. Jews say it is instantiated within the line of God's prophets all together, based in part on Judah Halevi's transformation of Ismaili Shi'a doctrine on … Continue reading Contenders for the Weltgeist
We're oddly ambivalent now about not whether a man is permitted to kill himself but the manner and place of it. Tobacco, no; euthanasia, yes. He must do it through rationalized institutions at the hands of an expert and not his own passions; out of sight unless he be a wild man we can use … Continue reading A Wise Care of Piety
I. Conservatives are just liberals driving at the speed limit. Mind you, it's good to drive at the speed limit so there are fewer accidents and atrocities on the road; every motor vehicle being, lest we forget, a mechanical Jacobin. Drivers simply can't avoid driving Jacobins along; Jacobins simply can't avoid driving drivers up the … Continue reading Mechanical Brideshead Revisited
Jesus and the Ancient Paths 