‘Vitalism’ refers to Schopenhauerian biology, not lifting weights or being a badass
Specifically, it’s the theory that a life force, energy, or ‘will’ animates living things & causes their development & evolution according to its own desires,
as opposed to natural selection or some other evolutionary mechanism.
My review of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, the emerging battle over the artistic interpretation of antiquity, and why this matters for liberalism and the left....
https://t.co/QZHgIi2zEv
I for one eagerly anticipate a future where I can choose between the anti-industry genital-mutilating consent revisionists on the left and the longhoused pregnancy maxxing rubes on the right.
Robert Drews, the author of "The Coming of the Greeks," offers a free course book on "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, to the Beginnings of Modern Civilization". 👇
JD Hall appeared on Tucker Carlson saying that Muslims were "very kind" to Christians, didn't "tax churches," and even "took care of our holy sites."
In this brief video, I debunk these claims with the actual historical record:
Too much reverence for the past can be a sign of stasis. In some forms, endorsement of "the Western canon" comes off as an inane moralism. The way some read the classics, as if they were collecting stamps is also conducive to nothing; intellectual masturbation.
@CivicNatalist@CLT_Exam New St Andrews and Liberty offer CLT scholarships as well, I believe? Sounds like it covers "Christian classical ed" generally.
@DBlossius It was planned as a short war and resources went to fuel, ammo and replacements over winter gear. The Germans were within 15 miles of Moscow and many neutral countries considered it a fait accompli. Hitler made tactical mistakes but the outcome was a close thing.
@CivicNatalist@CLT_Exam Wyoming Catholic and explicitly says it prefers the CLT. Hillsdale, Thomas Aquinas, Ave Maria, Franciscan, Christendom, Thomas More, St. John’s list scholarships tied to CLT.
All “history” prior to the 19th century was understood and *embraced* as the so-called “great man theory of history” because the study of it belonged to the noble art of rhetoric *in order* to constitute the greater part of educating young men in greatness:
Xenophon
Plutarch etc