Tag Archives: Aristotle

Clemency of Marcus Aurelius, detail, Capitoline Museum

3,381 words

Part 4 of 5

Ricardo Duchesne
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
Leiden: Brill, 2011

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Guillaume Faye o Nietzschovi

Guillaume Faye

1,876 words

English version here

Jak je pro vás Nietzsche důležitý?

Četba Nietzscheho byla výchozím bodem všech hodnot a myšlenek, které jsem později rozvinul. Read more …

Published: February 24, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Christianity, Friedrich Nietzsche, Guillaume Faye, in Czech, in translation, interviews, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, transhumanism | Comments closed

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Notes on Liberal Democracy & its Alternative

John Gordon

2,981 words

Carl Schmitt, 1888–1985

The political regime under which much of the world labours (and the entire Western world) is called “Liberal Democracy.” Francis Fukuyama has praised the ever widening expansion of this regime over the globe as “the end point of mankind’s ideological evolution and [it consists in] the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.”[1] The source of Fukuyama’s thesis, the Russian Hegelian Marxist, Alexandre Kojève, called this End State the “universal and homogeneous state”: it is the ultimate goal of both Liberalism and Communism. Read more …

Published: January 31, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, articles, Carl Schmitt, democracy, Francis Fukuyama, John Gordon, Leo Strauss, liberalism, North American New Right, philosophy, political theory, reprints, the mixed regime | Comments closed

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The Relevance of Philosophy to Political Change

Greg Johnson

3,523 words

The title of this essay is somewhat misleading, since I am going to argue that philosophy is relevant to all human endeavors, not just politics.[1] Philosophy is not just metapolitical, but meta-everything.[2] But I know you are interested in political change, so that was my hook to get you reading. Furthermore, I will argue that philosophy is more than just relevant to life, but of paramount importance.

Published: December 27, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethics, Greg Johnson, morality, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, political philosophy, Socrates, Stoicism, wisdom | Comments closed

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Anmerkungen zu Populismus, Elitismus und Demokratie

Greg Johnson

Demosthenes

2,917 words

Übersetzt von Deep Roots

English original here

Ist die Demokratie aus der Sicht rassebewußter Weißer ein gutes System?

1) Wenn sowohl die Vereinigten Staaten als auch Nordkorea sich als Demokratien beschreiben, kann man mit Sicherheit schlußfolgern, daß „Demokratie“ nahezu alles und nahezu nichts bedeutet. Read more …

Published: November 7, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, democracy, elitism, Greg Johnson, in German, in translation, monarchy, North American New Right, political philosophy political philosophy, populism, the mixed regime, the Papacy, Venice, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Notes on Populism, Elitism, & Democracy

Greg Johnson

Demosthenes

2,974 words

German translation here

Is democracy a good system from the perspective of racially-conscious whites?

(1) When both the United States and North Korea describe themselves as democracies, it is safe to conclude that “democracy” means close to everything and next to nothing. Read more …

Published: September 4, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, democracy, elitism, Greg Johnson, monarchy, North American New Right, originals, political philosophy, populism, the mixed regime, the Papacy, Venice, white nationalism | Comments closed

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Somos Livres?

Collin Cleary

Norns by J. L. Lund (1777-1867)

4,683 words

English original here

1. O Problema

Nós temos “livre-arbítrio”? Certamente isso me parece que eu livremente escolho o que eu faço em vida, com respeito a coisas tanto maiores quanto menores. Minha decisão de graduar no colégio, por exemplo, certamente parece ter sido feito livremente, sem nenhuma coerção de outros. Read more …

Published: August 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Collin Cleary, determinism, free will, Immanuel Kant, in Portuguese, in translation, J. G. Fichte, Jean-Paul Sartre, philosophy, reprints, Tantrism, the left hand path | Comments closed

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Guillaume Faye on Nietzsche

Guillaume Faye

2,218 words

Translated by Greg Johnson

Czech translation here

Translator’s Note:

The following interview of Guillaume Faye is from the Nietzsche Académie blog. Read more …

Published: July 5, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Christianity, Friedrich Nietzsche, Guillaume Faye, interviews, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, transhumanism, translations | Comments closed

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Introduction to Aristotle’s Politics
Part 2: In Defense of Popular Government

Greg Johnson

Raphael's Aristotle from "The School of Athens," fresco, 1510–1511, Apostolic Palace, Vatican

4,933 words

Part 2 of 2

5. The Good Man and the Good Citizen

Having now surveyed Aristotle’s thoughts on the elements and proper aim of politics, we can now examine his arguments for popular government. When I use the phrase “popular government,” it should be borne in mind that Aristotle does not advocate a pure polity, but a mixed regime with a popular element. Read more …

Published: June 22, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, philosophy, political philosophy, the mixed regime | Comments closed

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Introduction to Aristotle’s Politics

Greg Johnson

Aristotle, 384–322 BCE, marble portrait bust, Roman copy (2nd century BCE) of a Greek original (c. 325 BCE); in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

Part 1: 4,099 words

Part 2: 4,933 words

Author’s Note:

The following introduction to Aristotle’s Politics focuses on the issues of freedom and popular government. It is a reworking of a more “academic” text penned in 2001.

Part I: The Aim and Elements of Politics

1. The Necessity of Politics

Aristotle is famous for holding that man is by nature a political animal. But what does this mean? Read more …

Published: June 21, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, freedom, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, philosophy, political philosophy, the mixed regime | Comments closed

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Are We Free?

Collin Cleary

Norns by J. L. Lund (1777-1867)

4,748 words

Portuguese translation here

1. The Problem

Do we have “free will”? It certainly seems to me that I freely choose what I do in life, with respect to things both major and minor. My decision to go to graduate school, for example, certainly seems to have been one that I made freely, without anyone or anything coercing me. Read more …

Published: April 25, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Collin Cleary, determinism, free will, Immanuel Kant, J. G. Fichte, Jean-Paul Sartre, originals, philosophy, Tantrism, the left hand path | Comments closed

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Podcast no. 12
Matt Parrott, “Trayvon & the End of White Guilt”; Greg Johnson, “Thoughts on Debt Repudiation”

Counter-Currents Radio

time: 30:38/55 words

To download the mp3, right-click here and choose “save link as.”

To subscribe to our podcasts, click here. Read more …

Published: April 14, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged agrarianism, Ancient Greece, ancient Rome, anti-white propaganda, articles, banking, Counter-Currents Radion, debt, economics, Greg Johnson, Johnson on economics, Jubilee, Matt Parrott, money, North American New Right, originals, podcasts, populism, Solon, Trayvon Martin, usury, white guilt, white nationalism | Comments closed

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I am an Off-the-Chart Narcissist

Jef Costello

2,556 words

Recently I was doing some research for a projected essay on the “pickup artist” phenomenon, when I came across a rather interesting piece in Psychology Today titled “How to Spot a Narcissist.” Read more …

Published: April 9, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, egalitarianism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jef Costello, narcissism, North American New Right, originals, psychology | Comments closed

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Be Yourself?

Greg Johnson

1,739 words

Andy Nowicki’s Counter-Currents article “In Defense of ‘Squares’” has prompted a reply from Ferdinand Bardamu, “Can You See the Real Me?” Both articles raise important questions about identity in connection with the “game” or “PUA” (pickup artist) phenomenon.

Published: April 3, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Andy Nowicki, articles, authenticity, ethics, Ferdinand Bardamu, game, Greg Johnson, morality, narcissism, North American New Right, originals, sociopathy | Comments closed

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Podcast no. 10
Interview with Jack Donovan

Jack Donovan

53 minutes/8,260 words

Published: April 1, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Alexandre Kojève, Counter-Currents Radio, emasculation, ethics, feminism, G. W. F. Hegel, gangs, interviews, Jack Donovan, John Hagedorn, John Robb, manliness, modernity, morality, podcasts, post-collapse scenarios, resilient communities, the Männerbund, The Way of Men | Comments closed

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Jack Donovan’s The Way of Men

Jef Costello

5,809 words

Jack Donovan
The Way of Men
Portland, Or.: Dissonant Hum, 2012

1. The Way of Men is the Way of the Gang

How do you define masculinity? If you listen to today’s feminist-approved “authorities” on the subject you will be told either that masculinity means nothing at all — that it is “constructed” differently from place to place or time to time — or you will be told that masculinity is now being “redefined.” Read more …

Published: March 26, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Carl Schmitt, Christianity, courage, D. H. Lawrence, emasculation, ethics, feminism, Fight Club, Friedrich Nietzsche, honor, Jack Donovan, Jef Costello, manliness, neo-paganism, paganism, Plato, sex roles, sexuality, the Männerbund, The Way of Men, thumos, violence | Comments closed

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Réflexions sur la répudiation de la dette

Greg Johnson

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1781–1853, « Solon, Législateur d’Athènes »

2,624 words

English original here

Dans l’ancienne Athènes, les débiteurs qui étaient incapables de payer leurs créditeurs perdaient leur terre et étaient réduits à l’état de serfs qui devaient donner à leur propriétaire terrien un sixième de leur production, à perpétuité. Si la dette excédait le total des biens du débiteur, lui et sa famille étaient réduits à l’esclavage. Read more …

Published: March 21, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged agrarianism, Ancient Greece, ancient Rome, articles, banking, debt, economics, Greg Johnson, in French, in translation, Johnson on economics, Jubilee, money, North American New Right, originals, populism, Solon, usury | Comments closed

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Thoughts on Debt Repudiation

Greg Johnson

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1781–1853, "Solon, Legislator of Athens"

2,325 words

French translation here

In Ancient Athens, debtors who were unable to pay their creditors lost their land and were reduced to serfs who had to give their landlords one sixth of their produce in perpetuity. If the debt exceeded the debtor’s total assets, he and his family were reduced to slavery. Read more …

Published: February 6, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged agrarianism, Ancient Greece, ancient Rome, articles, banking, debt, economics, Greg Johnson, Johnson on economics, Jubilee, money, North American New Right, originals, populism, Solon, Third Way economics, usury | Comments closed

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Смерть у кредит

Alain de Benoist

The Dance of Death, 1474, fresco painting (Church of St. Mary, Beram, Croatia)

1,051 words

English original here

Езра Паунд, у своєму славнозвісному канто XLV «Через лихву» писав: Read more …

Published: January 15, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, articles, Ezra Pound, in translation, in Ukrainian, interest, John Calvin, North American New Right, reprints, usury | Comments closed

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L’appel aux dieux:
la phénoménologie de la presence divine

Collin Cleary

16,482 words

1. Introduction

Le problème avec nos païens occidentaux modernes, c’est qu’ils ne croient pas vraiment en leurs dieux, ils croient seulement croire en eux.

Mes ancêtres croyaient, mais je ne sais pas de quelle manière ils croyaient. Je confesse que je ne sais pas à quoi cela ressemble de vivre dans un monde où il y a des dieux. Read more …

Published: December 13, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, D. H. Lawrence, Edred Thorsson, Ernst Cassirer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hermann Usener, in French, in translation, Martin Heidegger, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, paganism, phenomenology, philosophy, Plato, religion | Comments closed

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