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109. Review: The Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In this episode I wander through Rousseau's final book, published posthumously, The Reveries of the Solitary Walker. I look at the difference between youth and old age, trusting yourself and others, and the nature of reverie itself.
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108. Review: The Rise and Fall of Scottish Common Sense Realism
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In this episode I take a first look at Scottish Common Sense Philosophy as described by Douglas McDermid in The Rise and Fall of Scottish Common Sense Realism, with the aim of providing an overview of the major themes of Thomas Reid and his contemporaries.
107. Review: A Republic, Not an Empire by Patrick Buchanan
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In this episode I examine Buchanan's case for non-interventionism, or isolationism, as made in A Republic, Not an Empire. I take a look a the League of Nations and US policy after the Cold War.
106. Review: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
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In this episode I look at Jonah Goldberg's examination of the fascist tendencies of President Woodrow Wilson in his classic book, Liberal Fascism.
105. Review: To Make Men Free by Heather Cox Richardson
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In this episode I look at two Republican Presidents, Taft and Harding, as detailed in Heather Cox Richardson's history of the Republican Party, To Make Men Free.
104. Review: The Pursuit of Certainty by Shirley Robin Letwin
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In this episode I look at Letwin's collection of philosophical biographies, The Pursuit of Certainty, with a special focus on David Hume and his thoughts on virtue, prudence, and politics.
103. Review: The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
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In this episode, I explore Eric Hoffer's description of the various types of people that constitute the leaders and followers of mass movements, as described in his classic 1951 book, The True Believer.
102. Review: The Sophists by W. K. C. Guthrie
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In this episode I examine the competing forces of Physis (Nature) and Nomos (Custom) as detailed in the erudite examination The Sophists by W. K. C. Guthrie.
101. Review: From Religion to Philosophy by F. M. Cornford
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In this episode I examine the connections between Nomos, Physis, and Moira in early Greek philosophy as detailed by Cornford in From Religion to Philosophy.
100. Review: The Iliad by Homer
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In this episode I look at the violent glory of war in Homer's Iliad, as detailed in Bernard Knox's introduction to the Robert Fagles translation of this classic epic poem of war, and several choice readings of the battle for the Argive ships.
99. Review: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill
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In this episode I look at Thomas Cahill's examination of Ancient Greece in Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter. I pay special attention to the first three chapter where Cahill discusses Homer and his great works, The Iliad and the Odessey.
98. Review: History of Political Philosophy (Hume) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
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In this episode I explore another essay in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition. This time it's David Hume and his so-called skepticism, which I call into question on account of his deference to habit and custom. This episode is the fourth of a series.
96. Review: History of Political Philosophy (Locke) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
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In this episode I explore another essay in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition, this time looking at an essay by Robert A. Goldwin discussing John Locke and his theories of the state of nature vs the state of war, and his thoughts on the right of rebellion. This episode is the second of a series. (This episode is out of order because I accidental...
97. Review: History of Political Philosophy (Montesquieu) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
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In this episode I explore another essay in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition, this time looking at an essay by David Lowenthal that discusses Montesquieu and the various types of regimes, and the English synthesis of them. This episode is the third of a series.
95. Review: History of Political Philosophy (Hobbes) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey
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In this episode I examine one of the many essays in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's massive History of Political Philosophy 3rd Edition, detailing the thoughts of Thomas Hobbes. This essay by Laurence Berns discusses the weaknesses of Hobbes' conception of sovereignty. This episode is the first of a series.
94. Review: Trade Wars Against America by William Gill
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94. Review: Trade Wars Against America by William Gill
93. Review: Pragmatism: A Reader (Part 2) edited by Louis Menand
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93. Review: Pragmatism: A Reader (Part 2) edited by Louis Menand
92. Review: Pragmatism: A Reader (Part 1) edited by Louis Menand
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92. Review: Pragmatism: A Reader (Part 1) edited by Louis Menand
91. Review: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
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91. Review: The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
90. Review: The Essential William James edited by John R. Shook
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90. Review: The Essential William James edited by John R. Shook
89. Review: The Creation by P. W. Atkins
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89. Review: The Creation by P. W. Atkins
88. Review: Essays on a Science of Mythology by C. G. Jung and C. Kerenyi
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88. Review: Essays on a Science of Mythology by C. G. Jung and C. Kerenyi
87. Review: Patriarchs of Time by Samuel L. Macey
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87. Review: Patriarchs of Time by Samuel L. Macey
86. Review: The Cry for Myth by Rollo May
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86. Review: The Cry for Myth by Rollo May
85. Review: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
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85. Review: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
84. Review: Free Trade Doesn't Work by Ian Fletcher
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84. Review: Free Trade Doesn't Work by Ian Fletcher
83. Review: The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List
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83. Review: The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List
82. Review: The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs
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82. Review: The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs
81. Review: Henry Clay and the American System by Maurice Baxter
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81. Review: Henry Clay and the American System by Maurice Baxter
80. Review: Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
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80. Review: Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt

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  • @bullvinetheband7260
    @bullvinetheband7260 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    To desacralize the world is to allow for people to destroy the nature world and extort it for resources.

  • @bradbarnes1839
    @bradbarnes1839 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    th-cam.com/video/_8xxVplUHL8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=SxXaQhjanU09RZoM One deeper history of WWI's orgins

  • @bradbarnes1839
    @bradbarnes1839 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Buchanan is basing his historical passages regarding WWI and it's aftermath on the official narratives of the victors. The truth is different.

  • @bradbarnes1839
    @bradbarnes1839 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow looking back 6 years and thinking about the wild ride that's about to come.....

  • @antonionalesnik4706
    @antonionalesnik4706 หลายเดือนก่อน

    First comment 🎉

  • @alanbstard4
    @alanbstard4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what rubbish. Why is fascism bad?

  • @erikheddergott5514
    @erikheddergott5514 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since when is Liberalism, the Ideology of Capitalism Left? Following the Title it must be total rubbish.

  • @ggunnelspct
    @ggunnelspct หลายเดือนก่อน

    So there is a body of historical research on fascism that Goldberg flat out ignores in order to produce this polemic. See the work of Robert O. Paxton as an example.

  • @nunchucksupland
    @nunchucksupland หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oxymoron by a moron

  • @ThatMans-anAnimal
    @ThatMans-anAnimal หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm very sympathetic to your position, but have you changed your mind at all since this was recorded?

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation หลายเดือนก่อน

      My positions since starting the show haven't changed much. I'm slightly less libertarian and slightly more identitarian.

  • @therealmikewazowski3231
    @therealmikewazowski3231 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oy vey! Jonah Goldberg! I’m sure this book isn’t subversive at all.

  • @bioemilianosky
    @bioemilianosky หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you wanna study syndicalism, study Argentina

  • @gangweed3244
    @gangweed3244 หลายเดือนก่อน

    >Goldberg

  • @R005t3r
    @R005t3r หลายเดือนก่อน

    Here's an association for him; Hitler was a vegetarian

  • @driven9863
    @driven9863 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Joe Biden is a Fascist

  • @paulmicks7097
    @paulmicks7097 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's all fascism, or fascist (top down) economics, unless your desire socialism (bottom up) economics ... its really pretty simply put in general terms. I started calling western democracies fascism with a happy face over 40 years ago, today we see that mask dropping. However, i Don't agree with the Hitler mustache, nazism was a ideology forced upon the public, like Zionism and Zelenskyism, the idea of supremacy of race. Fascism in it purist form is a gathering of nobles, or wealthy corporations and individuals in collusion with governance, politicians specifically to negate and disguard the mass general public want and will by use of illusion of delusional narratives. But time and time again i see and hear fascism and associated fascist terms to refer to the nazi Hitler imagery, meaning if the governance doesn't look and sound like Hitler and Nazism then all is good and ok. Pretty much from the founding of corporate America over 248 years ago has been fascist at its roots, politics control by wealth by wealthy persons, for wealthy persons, the rest of us are simply workers, artist, educators, etc. Fascism can also be looked at as modified feudalism, everything comes from someplace in history, it reforms and adjusts but soon it returns to its most basic control device, brute force aggression and containment of anything in its smallest form demands change.

    • @justsomedude77
      @justsomedude77 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Socialism is the most top down structure you could have, central planning. Fascism has central planning because fascism is anti-capitalism, while also being anti-socialist. Your historical analysis is sooooo wrong. Capitalism was the succession to mercantilism which succeeded from feudalism. Monarchy is fascism by your definition, making the term literally useless in practice. the kaiserreich wasn’t fascist.

    • @paulmicks7097
      @paulmicks7097 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't understand but not a surprise, western brain washing, planning is always from the top, but it's the priorities are that are different as black and white, one seeks the comfort of all, the other seeks the comfort of the wealthy. Keep ideology and economics separate functions.

  • @PinkTorpedo909
    @PinkTorpedo909 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I randomly found this book at a goodwill for $2

  • @strayCATchillspot
    @strayCATchillspot หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤excellent ...i wish we had more deep thinking people on earth..you are a paragon.. listening from toronto. god bless your heart and mind forever more..ps i hate democracy..the rule of the rabble

  • @user-dv5sn2xv2y
    @user-dv5sn2xv2y หลายเดือนก่อน

    No one is good, only LORD is good. Because of sin, democracy is the one-way to socialism and to be Communist, German SPD, Nazi, Neo-conservation, or other facis, and all of them will be ancient Greece-Roman, so facis is democracy and socialism and popular and people and social justice. I hope Mr. Trump obey Ten Commandments and Just War theory of Aurelius Augustinus, may LORD has mercy on us.

    • @arcadiaberger9204
      @arcadiaberger9204 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow. That's extremely rational.

  • @Havre_Chithra
    @Havre_Chithra หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember this book floating around in university

  • @DreadedEgg
    @DreadedEgg หลายเดือนก่อน

    High irony that you would create a video regarding the topic of fascism.

  • @tomhalla426
    @tomhalla426 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woodrow Wilson was an authoritarian socialist, but not a Marxist-a short definition of fascism. Jonah Goldberg can be an asshole, but can be a fair critic. Calling Wilson a Fascist is an anachronism, as he was out of office before Mussolini and Gentile staged their takeover of Italy.

  • @mikeekim242
    @mikeekim242 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's not like people don't tell you what they want to do. Fundamentalist Christians want a theocracy, and the far left want to control what you can say, or do.

  • @user-xb1lk8zf7g
    @user-xb1lk8zf7g หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is good to hear people on the right who remember that the constitution is not a divine document. Far too many Trump supporters have begun saying that God wrote the U.S. Constitution in all seriousness.

  • @coloradopeoplesnews7676
    @coloradopeoplesnews7676 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤡💩

  • @papayayaya5049
    @papayayaya5049 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you really want a modern example Liberal Fascism in action, look at the rise and current rule of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, an almost textbook example.

    • @JTKroll12
      @JTKroll12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's not but ok

    • @JTKroll12
      @JTKroll12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      libs be like: "enforcing laws and punishing criminals is fascism" libs be like: "putting people in prison is fascist" find a different way to simp for violent criminals

    • @coloradopeoplesnews7676
      @coloradopeoplesnews7676 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JTKroll12 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You're bootlicking to protect fascism is worse than the shitlibs.

  • @bryanutility9609
    @bryanutility9609 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I prefer real fascism to 🏳️‍🌈 any day thanks

  • @lg169
    @lg169 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Because of clowns like Golberg, we are where we are...

  • @DDCrp
    @DDCrp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Read this over 15 years ago right before the obama election and proceeded to watch everything in it impress itself into American political culture.

    • @JTKroll12
      @JTKroll12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@thenuntonly stupid communists call Trump a fascist

    • @bunsw2070
      @bunsw2070 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thenunt The Republicans aren't Liberal. And Trump didn't do anything even close to fascistic, like the Democrats do.

    • @DDCrp
      @DDCrp หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thenunt bot

    • @skylinefever
      @skylinefever หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thenunt If fash means not having unlimited Chinesium imports and letting masses of discount labor in, I don't see so much downside.

    • @PastPerspectives3
      @PastPerspectives3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@skylinefeverfascism is when you heavily deregulate the economy, and launch programs for minorities in prison

  • @adeptpeasant6161
    @adeptpeasant6161 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The APL has never left in my opinion

  • @lincolnhaldorsen5649
    @lincolnhaldorsen5649 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “The real socialists are the fascists.” 🤣🤓

    • @Shane-zo4mg
      @Shane-zo4mg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People would rather signal that they're not an evil Nazi than use critical thinking.

    • @JTKroll12
      @JTKroll12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hitler was a socialist btw

    • @lincolnhaldorsen5649
      @lincolnhaldorsen5649 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JTKroll12 some of his policies were socialist but he also had capitalist policies

    • @JTKroll12
      @JTKroll12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lincolnhaldorsen5649 he abolished private property my dude. I'll ask you for an example tho?

    • @bryanutility9609
      @bryanutility9609 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JTKroll12. “Abolished private property” like imminent domain? Like when the US government forced American companies to make war machines? Oh muh property rights.

  • @aek12
    @aek12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you talk about John Zerzan

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have no idea who that is, but I'll look into him. No promises, i have hundreds of books on deck.

  • @aek12
    @aek12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    John Zerzan said that.

  • @drewdp515
    @drewdp515 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just now, this popped up in my feed, and I had to comment. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this court historian. For the last eight months or so, i've been hate watching this chick as she plays clean up for the.regime. Having said that, I've been following you and slowly working through your uploads for the last year. I originally found you through a search for material on Durkheim. I consume a lot of stuff on here, and I have to say, I really enjoy your work. I'm one of those people that have to start from the beginning, but I don't know if I can wait for this one. Thank you for what you're doing.

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, thanks for listening to the show! I've been trying to play nice in my episodes, so I didn''t spend too much time disagreeing with her, although I do disagree with a great amount of this book.

    • @theclassicalrepublican9226
      @theclassicalrepublican9226 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. She is liberal. Doesn't hide it at all. There really isn't much on the history of the GOP. You have to read civil war history to learn about the early history but if you want to learn about the very beginning in the 1850's you have to either read biographies or primary sources. There is an interesting site that has all the platforms from convention to convention. Those are interesting.

  • @Finn959
    @Finn959 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    100 reviews later which ones are your top recommendations so far?

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A few of the early ones were very satisfying, Suicide of the West, Conflict of Visions, Blank Slate and Righteous Mind all work together and make an important point I think. I also reallly like Crunchy Cons and Nature and Nationalism for the right-wing ecology. Virtue of Nationalism and Day of Reckoning are great books too.

  • @theclassicalrepublican9226
    @theclassicalrepublican9226 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I get bugged by loose translations, too. I am curious what you think about Alexander Pope's Iliad and Odyssey. I enjoy it when I tell myself it is a retelling of the stories in wonderful English rather than reading it as a translation. How about you?

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can't speak much on the Pope translations, I only perused them enough to decide I prefer the Fagles version. As I recall, they were excessively florid.

  • @OldHickory1832
    @OldHickory1832 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow, I just took a look through your backlog. This looks like an excellent channel of the rarest kind! You are a powerhouse of content creation. I subscribed.

  • @thefitfrontier
    @thefitfrontier 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Economists assume that in analyzing the effects we can isolate the effect to being the result of a single variable/factor (causation). I have an accounting degree, bachelor's degree in business and a master's in business (MBA). With that said, Economics, in my view, Adam Smith being its notable father, is a different way of thinking about the world, and money. Adam Smith was a 'Moral Philosopher' first, keep this in mind, and while his work has merit, it contains assumptions that stem from, I believe, a moral theology rooted in naivete about human beings and societies. People are self-interested? yes. But laissez-faire? Hmm The invisible hand assumes 'perfect competition,' among other assumptions about human beings. Economic profit, for instance, is NOT the same as accounting profit. Think about that 'paradigmatically' for just a moment (opportunity cost). As an accountant who is seeing profit on the bottom, line, positive cash flow, a thriving business, I simply could NOT care less about an economist who insists the company, despite all the markers of success, has not yet turned a profited. Without such a perspective, you become myopic and deify economics. Ceteris Paribus is the Economists comforting assumption, even 'crutch,' but it should be a 'warning to all' that economics is NOT a science. [Edit: I realize many Americans are now conditioned to think of America as a great Imperialist Exploiter through various mechanisms, and this attitude has surely caused America's decline. Tariffs, however, in the case here with you, is a 'moral' issue, but for the wealthy nothing is a moral issue. America is currently the most taxed nation of all nations, and the current 'almost' 35 trillion-dollar debt America cannot even provide 'debt service' for is in partly due to over taxation of Americans by its own government. Keep in mind, anything the media attaches a 'moral' to you can expect to be a non-issue for those controlling international trade. If they are doing it, it benefits the rich, you don't matter... just be moral. The 'moral' perspective is for you, and authors who will spread the moral-word, to keep the people in a state of moralizing (not thinking), and a state of emotion marked by a guilt-anxiety. One only needs to look in the right places and they will find Tarriffs are a game of international trade, not a moral issue. Another Good Vid! Thank you!

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Morals and self-interest can combine in interesting ways. Nationhood itself is form of collective self-interest, and one must admit that a least an aspect of social contract theory must hold, as 'this is easier than being at each other's throats' must come up on everyone's pro column when weighing current civilization. We stick it out because we don't really like any of the alternatives. A 'lesser of two evils' approach but that's the nature of the theory. But we also maintain a moral question of how we should treat each other. Most of the time we conveniently find that the moral action dovetails nicely into the social contract confirming course of action. When they don't conform to our morals, they likely conform to their own morals, and 'my best interest' is often in there somewhere.

    • @thefitfrontier
      @thefitfrontier 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@natureandthenation Thanks for the thoughtful response, and sorry for the delay. Keep the book reviews coming! Cheers.

  • @FadiAkil
    @FadiAkil 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    17:20 On human groupishness, from a modern Bio-Anthropological PoV: th-cam.com/video/PDDsQ7otAbE/w-d-xo.html

  • @thefitfrontier
    @thefitfrontier 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Herder was a guy, like most true Romanticists, who hated all 'manuals.' If you don't tell a Romanticist how to 'feel' about data or give them a mystery, they react with great aversion to the information. We see this today with women who 'believe' they will lock down a man who is 6 feet tall, or taller, handsome, and earns a half-a-million dollars or more per year. When modern women are shown the 'probability' of this type of man 'existing,' which is something like .00001, they still 'believe' they will find him, and lock him down. Hope is not a strategy, but it does anesthetize one from the unfeeling, expository nature of science and facts that can be 'painful' for people. People tend to avoid pain. So, male Romanticists are of the same delusional mindset, especially when it comes to their ideas about females. Most of the Romanticists were men, who had a low capacity to attract women in their lives. Keep this in mind. This impacted greatly their 'world view.' Women rejecting them was confusing to these Romanticists, as purported female notions often didn't match their behavior (as is still often true today). But instead of admitting women had mating patterns (biological programming) and trying to understand those patterns (establishing a kind of manual), they chose to make their necessity a 'virtue,' remain 'idealistic,' and turn women into an unsolvable mystery (the feminine mystique). Thank you for the video, and analysis.

  • @thefitfrontier
    @thefitfrontier 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't find Rollo May's The Cry For Myth to be all that in tune with reality to be honest, but more interested in setting the stage to advance his own personal myth, which he held as an immutable truth. I won't disclose that myth here, to encourage people to read this work, and discover this myth for themselves, or not. But I would reveal here Rollo believed myth to be like the 'structure' of a home, out of sight, and crucial to the stability of society. I disagree with him, as Myth's are a 'feature' of a society and not a 'structural aspect,' and as such we have seen many myths over time rise and then give way to other myths depending on the nature of humankinds' orientation toward the world/sky, and humankinds' orientation toward each other. But, worth a read. Thx!

  • @therealcuban4032
    @therealcuban4032 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great work, fascinating stuff. You read aloud very well.

  • @hamptaylor
    @hamptaylor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have a goodreads account?

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, should I?

    • @hamptaylor
      @hamptaylor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you're a reader, I'd highly recommend it.

  • @pravemet4427
    @pravemet4427 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    auto biography

  • @stevenrempel
    @stevenrempel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5 minutes in : Virtue ?? What place does virtue have in the philosophy of materialism other than a utilitarian value of cohesion and social force? None. The basic error or philosophical materialism, is that it CAN have no place in right wing thought even as some "secular" cohesive force. At every turn you HAVE to admit that the post modernists are correct on a social level, because their is no absolute basis for "right action" (there IS no right action, there is only cohesive action, and an agreement between humans, for their mutual personal and collective benefit at any given time). Morality is superior to Humanist ethics even IF it is not the truth (using a materialist viewpoint, not my own) simply to use as a tool to control the masses in a more effective way. Yet IF you believe this, than you again are agreeing with the basic modern Marxist ideology stemming from post modern philosophy that there IS no truth, there is no internal order, just a chaos that appears to have ordered itself to be useful for life's evolution (which it does(and initiated), for no reason whatsoever, for some reason, that we'll endlessly hypothesize about and never know). So without the understanding of the ancient beliefs and WHY they were held, and precisely WHY mysteries schools kept the profane from them becoming mainstream- should be at this point obvious enough, when you look at the world around you and recoil. The modern world is the very creation of materialist philosophy through the lens of marxist philosophy vis a vis post modernism. In the materialist conception of the world, the most well adapted human, is a highly intelligent psychopathy. The only reason to not slaughter and steal from all you encounter for the benefit of your own tribe, is if you would lose, or get caught. Yet most who consider this point would find such an idea absolutely abhorrent, because they don't actually believe in a pure philosophical materialism, and can't because such an idea is simply incorrect, and no elite member of society entertains such notions, or ever has - other than as philosophical inquiry- no one in practice lives this way. I myself experienced what they call a Kundalini awakening the first time I sat to meditate. No one, and no doctrine or scientific attempt to explain what happened to me, and the result, of what I have become, could ever describe away (like with misnomer terms like hallucination or the like) the experience so central to all the mystics of any age. The knowledge, that arrived without study, the understanding of spiritual texts, the siddha - the endless quantification (which is mostly all modern "science" (opposed to Natural Philosophy) can do) can not determine quality. Even Quantum physics has tipped the hat in this regard. The purely rational, is an abomination - people call themselves philosophical materialists, but don't actually know the full implications of what that is, because YOU ARE connected to divine spirit, whether you like it, understand it or not, and cannot be disconnected from that. The 2 emanates from the 1, the 3 emanates from the 1 and 2. There is NO getting around that. The idea that we can just "never know" is pure post modern, anti-western psy-op. The cart does not proceed the horse. Excellent reading sir, and hat tip to you - just trying to dislodge the error (evil of greek thought) came upon by the enlightenment era materialists. Still, if all you are into is Natural Law you're going to be better directed in your life than 99% of people out there - I'm still for all this - I'm just letting you know, that Philosophical Materialism is not an actual stance you can take with any seriousness - it is only a model useful to attempt to gleam information through natural philosophy, as an inquiry tool - not a legitimate worldview.

    • @stevenrempel
      @stevenrempel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Again, an excellent overview, I appreciate the tone, speed, and very solid takes. I would put forth that many are not understanding why Evola put his faith into a Monarchy - and why I see that we only have (and he would have) such a view BECAUSE of the age we live in (the wolf/iron age - kali yuga) - certain understandings and modalities of being are simply outside of our conception. Additionally all modern humans are misled and propagandized by groups who have a long standing preference for the world moving in a certain way, and these groups are WELL aware of the age we live in. In doing so, they have decided the diction we can use, set up the framework of philosophical materialism (while themselves knowing it is nonsense) and ensured all of our public education and even secondary access all leads the same way. You said it yourself "what is conservatism conserving?" exactly. The alternatives, and possibilities that could be used, that are still in line with the belief of Evola's Monarchy - can't be conceived of in a framework of philosophical materialism, even modern religions are unwittingly basically of the same character, as based upon the scrawlings and unfounded BELIEFS, not experiences or direct knowing (gnosis). In that sense they are also of the same character - ignorant, just with a flavour of mysticism (in it's negative connotation). When based upon divine principles the monarchy itself is still a corruption when the line of monarchs is broken, and no longer part of a true initiate order - all of which (that the public is aware of) have been corrupted for well over 1500 years, personally I would say for over 12,000 years; but this delves into information not accessible to a non-initiate and so is irrelevant for discussion (and even conception) , so we'll do away with it. In this regard, the monarchs job as far as decision making goes is actually VERY limited, as his only true goal is the interpretation and representation of solar principles and how they transform the society under his rule into the Olympian ideal (which, again is still a diluted version of truth, but it's all we have to work with as far as this domain goes). Of course this ended up as being a "sitting on the throne and looking pretty" in recent times, and completely removed from it's original function. Though we had "monarchies" they were far removed from their original meaning and function - this is something Evola and others miss, but not to their error at all, but an error that is almost obligatory considering the dross we are surrounded in, and the massive stature of nigh unstoppable egregores and tulpas which overtake most minds. Most consider these to be "mass consciousness" or the consciousness of the mob, but there are much darker and formidable implications to one who can see. This is aside from the intentional work that the Black Clerics work consistently toward, which adds to this exponentially. There is still the Aristocracy, there is still the natural meritocracy that allows guildsman to increase their station and possibly attain to the aristocracy through effort. In this way it was a natural meritocracy (true democracy) - and most of what we understand as a Weltanshuung - is given to us through hollywood. We cannot escape the effect narrative structure and stories told to us by enemies, who would see our original ways of life dissolve, and make way for the degenerate, anti-life blood, ritual practitioners. I personally am not for a Monarchy, but a form of tribal feudalism which would allow for a direct line of life to return, and a removal of the subjugate nature of work we are currently involved in. Some are currently working towards that goal, but we have never heard of them. Homesteaders are closer to this than most. You have a bright mind, and I applaud your efforts in bringing Evola's thinking to a modern audience, for the obstacles in this age are greater even than what we percieve in the currently ongoing perversions of principle. May the light of truth ever be your guide, and thank you.

    • @lamalama9717
      @lamalama9717 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      While some claiming a foothold within Marxism have used post-modernism, they are by no means the majority and the two are not obviously compatible. Post modernism seems more aligned to an idealist outlook than a materialist one. With a post-modernist outlook you can affect change via ideological assertion and apply a Sorelian mythos of power politics to attain goals.

  • @user-lj1xm6fq3w
    @user-lj1xm6fq3w 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Book SUCKS the author NEVER defines the differences, form, nor function of any clan. Not how many composes one AND never really describes the history of particular ones Instead its just a bunch of generalities he says “the rule of the clan “ 30 times per chapter Meanders IN EVERY CHAPTER about things that tell us nothing NOTHING ABOUT CLANS He literally goes on about romeo & juliet WHICH IS ENTIRELY UNINFORMATIVE ABOUT ACTUAL CLANS JUST AN AUTHOR THAT REALLY PISSED OFF because u can tell he is a slob just B.S. ing a book out🤢 But as far as the reviewer ur ok 👍

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol tell us how you really feel! I agree that it's definitely not a detailed breakdown of clan structure or formation. It works as a jumping off point but one would need additional books to get substantial knowledge on the topic.

  • @gervazejoseph9586
    @gervazejoseph9586 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I came across this just moments ago and thought, how nice! 'Rather unusual to some across anything on William James but amidst the untold number of other presentations featured on TH-cam, I suppose that a moment dedicated to him should not prove all that unusual. I always enjoyed reading the Essay, personal and impersonal, with special preferences for the 18th- and 19th Century British and American writers. To this end, I was always smitten by William James' 1903 piece titled The Ph.D. Octopus.

    • @natureandthenation
      @natureandthenation 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have that PhD Octopus essay, but haven't read it yet. I am very interested in Pragmatism and have looked at a few of his other writings in previous episodes. There is more to come on James and Dewey as well. Thanks for listening!

  • @skiphoffenflaven8004
    @skiphoffenflaven8004 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Physical chemistry is one of his primary textbook subjects. I have studied his phys. chem textbooks for over 25 years.

  • @CognitiveDissidence
    @CognitiveDissidence 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite number

  • @franknada6427
    @franknada6427 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for bringing this book to our attention! Happy new year