The Sacred Fire of Liberty
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, The post The Sacred Fire of Liberty appeared first on The...
View ArticleWhat is History?
“History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon by the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, The post What is History? appeared first on The...
View ArticleAdventures of the Mind
So the reader of Plato joins Socrates in inquiry, as Sancho Panza joined Don Quixote, for adventures of the mind. And although The post Adventures of the Mind appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleConfronting Evil Words and Deeds
It seems to me a historian’s foremost duty to ensure that merit is recorded, and to confront evil words and deeds with The post Confronting Evil Words and Deeds appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleConversations with Wise Men
“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years’ mere study of books.” –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The post Conversations with Wise Men appeared first on The...
View ArticleIs History Subjective?
History is a mode of thinking that wrenches the past out of context and sequence, out of the way it really happened, The post Is History Subjective? appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
View ArticleAttaining Ascendancy over the Minds of Men
All great systems, ethical or political, attain their ascendancy over the minds of men by virtue of their appeal to the imagination; The post Attaining Ascendancy over the Minds of Men appeared first...
View ArticleThe Continuity of Culture
Our religion, our culture, and our political rights all are maintained by continuity: by the respect for the accomplishments of our forefathers, The post The Continuity of Culture appeared first on The...
View ArticleConverting the Cosmos of the Mind
At every moment of this present life, our readiness to learn was, and is now, up to us, was and is our The post Converting the Cosmos of the Mind appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
View ArticleThe Wise Harmony of Justice
And the truth is, justice was something like that, as it seems, but not anything connected with doing what properly belongs to The post The Wise Harmony of Justice appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleLiberal Education: Experience in Things Beautiful
Liberal education, which consists in the constant intercourse with the greatest minds, is a training in the highest form of modesty, not The post Liberal Education: Experience in Things Beautiful...
View ArticleLiberal Education and the Free Mind
I have some questions I want to ask you, questions for St. John’s graduates and questions for American citizens. As I understand The post Liberal Education and the Free Mind appeared first on The...
View ArticleRuled by Imagination
Morals are soon endowed with religious sanctions because mystery and supernaturalism lend a weight that can never attach to things empirically known and genetically The post Ruled by Imagination...
View ArticleNew World Order: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace?
Presidents of the United States must not be encouraged to make Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, nor to fancy that they can The post New World Order: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace? appeared first...
View ArticleLiberty: The Deepest Whole Self of Man
Men are free when they belong to a living, organic, believing community, active in fulfilling some unfulfilled, perhaps unrealized purpose. Not when The post Liberty: The Deepest Whole Self of Man...
View ArticleChaos: The Gestating Principle of Civilization
A certain tension between religion and society marks the higher stages of every civilization. Religion begins by offering magical aid to harassed and The post Chaos: The Gestating Principle of...
View ArticleThe Unbought Grace of Life: Liberal Learning
What the church is to the spirit of religion, liberal learning is to the unbought grace of life—the only means for realizing The post The Unbought Grace of Life: Liberal Learning appeared first on The...
View ArticleHistory: The Myth We Live
Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history is The post History: The Myth We Live appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleA World of Tragedy and Grace
The spiritual life is going to be a life of mystery. Why would you not be humble in the face of that The post A World of Tragedy and Grace appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
View ArticleLet Us Pull Ourselves Together
The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic The post Let Us Pull Ourselves Together appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
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