"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
— Thucydides
— Thucydides
“To the fore is the feeling of richness, of power ready to overflow, the happiness of high tension, the consciousness of wealth which would like to give and share.”
— Nietzsche
— Nietzsche
Forwarded from Wandering SpΛrtan
Athena opens up her palm to reveal Nike [Νίκη], the goddess of victory.
Tyche [Τύχη], goddess of fortune / luck favors the bold / strong. Hence, the Greeks say η τύχη ευνοεί τους δυνατούς, meaning "luck favours the strong".
Tyche [Τύχη], goddess of fortune / luck favors the bold / strong. Hence, the Greeks say η τύχη ευνοεί τους δυνατούς, meaning "luck favours the strong".
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."
— Carl Jung
— Carl Jung
Forwarded from Lance's Legion
What happened to leadership? What happened to defending the brothers and sisters of the Patria? What happened to fighting not just for the mission, but for the victory of the team?
Now you see why merchants can't be allowed to rule.
Crassus lived as he died, drinking gold.
Now you see why merchants can't be allowed to rule.
Crassus lived as he died, drinking gold.
Consequently, the state of bourgeois “representative” democracies are only the political forum of the bourgeois; it's unique function and its real destiny are determined by bourgeois finance, in the sublimation of the bourgeois economy.
Aided by the means of penetration offered by the technical applications of capitalist science, the bourgeois, after having reduced man to the level of the slave, managed to complete the process of cross-identifying the “individual” and the “social” by filling each domain with his presence.
The merchant imposed on all his own inclinations, his own aspirations: different, foreign vocations (we do not say superior, just different), with no margin in the political space of financial racketing, which belongs only to those who are “bourgeois”.
— Franco Freda
Aided by the means of penetration offered by the technical applications of capitalist science, the bourgeois, after having reduced man to the level of the slave, managed to complete the process of cross-identifying the “individual” and the “social” by filling each domain with his presence.
The merchant imposed on all his own inclinations, his own aspirations: different, foreign vocations (we do not say superior, just different), with no margin in the political space of financial racketing, which belongs only to those who are “bourgeois”.
— Franco Freda
Forwarded from Arktos
Cycle of Civilisation
Brecht Jonkers argues that civilisations in decline — as analysed by Ibn Khaldun, Lev Gumilev, and Oswald Spengler — must choose between revitalising through a reaffirmation of core values or face inevitable collapse due to internal decay or external conquest, a pattern seen from the Roman Empire to modern Western liberal-capitalist societies.
Read the essay here:
https://www.arktosjournal.com/p/cycle-of-civilisation
Brecht Jonkers argues that civilisations in decline — as analysed by Ibn Khaldun, Lev Gumilev, and Oswald Spengler — must choose between revitalising through a reaffirmation of core values or face inevitable collapse due to internal decay or external conquest, a pattern seen from the Roman Empire to modern Western liberal-capitalist societies.
Read the essay here:
https://www.arktosjournal.com/p/cycle-of-civilisation
“The noble nature is inspired only by the difficult.”
— Kierkegaard
— Kierkegaard
"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."
— Marcus Aurelius
— Marcus Aurelius
Stop worrying.
What’s done is done.
What’s ahead will come.
Focus on what you can control,
and let the rest fall into place.
What’s done is done.
What’s ahead will come.
Focus on what you can control,
and let the rest fall into place.
Forwarded from Kulture Dads
NEW Kulture Dads — Black Sabbath
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You boys knew this one was coming—we finally dedicate a whole episode to the big bang of heavy metal. From their early roots in Birmingham's working class to legendary status, the KDADS give you the deep ancestral lore on one of the greatest bands of all time.
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You boys knew this one was coming—we finally dedicate a whole episode to the big bang of heavy metal. From their early roots in Birmingham's working class to legendary status, the KDADS give you the deep ancestral lore on one of the greatest bands of all time.
Forwarded from Lance's Legion
Make the most out of the opportunities that you have through discipline, through hard work, through focus and drive.