antigone
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Based on the values
Authority has lost its nobility along with humility. Authority has become a synonym for implacable order, thoughtless force, and tyranny. What an inversion of values! Whereas, according to Antigone, authority prevented tyranny! The modern era has this impression of authority because it has been trampled underfoot by Continue reading
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Antigone, rebellious and intimate (3/7. Destiny)
Part 3: Destiny Man descends from the tree. Man, like the tree, is defined by his roots as well as by his fruits. Man, like the tree, depends on external and internal elements to reach maturity. Man resembles this trunk sculpted by trials leaning on its roots and bearing fruits more or less Continue reading
Antigone , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , forgiveness , religion , revolution , totalitarianism , vulgarity -
Antigone, rebellious and intimate (2/7. The funeral)
Part 2: The Funeral — "My dearest Ismene. I came this morning to tell you that I took care of everything. I used the same funeral directors for our two brothers. I couldn't choose, and since our brothers didn't leave any last wishes, I took matters into my own hands to Continue reading
Antigone , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , death , forgiveness , priest , religion , revolution -
News from Nicolàs Gómez Davila
Let us call a totalitarian state the one that results from the attempt to replace social integration, destroyed by the liberal and democratic mentality, with state integration. Continue reading
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Antigone, rebellious and intimate (1/7. The family)
Part 1: The Family From the first reading of Antigone, an ambiguity sets in in the reader's mind. Does Antigone embody action or reaction? What moves Antigone? Reaction never exists by itself, whereas action needs no one; it legitimizes itself in the act. Action always inaugurates something. Unlike what is often Continue reading
Antigone , Charles Maurras , counter-revolution , ethics , history , intimacy , forgiveness , priest , religion , revolution -
Charlie's Fate
"The enemy limits you, therefore gives you your shape and founds you." This phrase from Saint-Exupéry expresses our condition quite well at the end of this first week of 2015. The enemy forces me to evolve according to his codes, within a space that he has circumscribed. I am first a prisoner. He chooses the terrain and forces me to Continue reading
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From traditional…
"We are dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants; we see more than they do, and further; not that our gaze is piercing, nor our height high, but we are raised, elevated, by their gigantic stature." This quote from Bernard of Chartres (12th century) found in Rémi Brague's latest book, Modérément moderne (Editions Flammarion), Continue reading
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Humility News
The human vision of humility is like the human vision of love, reduced. Humility must exercise its authority at all times and in all places. Humility does not allow one to choose whether it should be exercised. Humility thus demands infinite availability and infinite vigilance. It demands a term that has almost disappeared from our Continue reading