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Portions of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
Homage to Catalonia by Orwell. A rather bewildering book.
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
Skimming through Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides. I think I need to refamiliarize myself with Aristotle before I go further into this. Also re-reading The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great. After this is Democracy in America, an honest appraisal and critique on the strengths & weaknesses of American society and politics in the 1830s by Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchmen of the ancien regime. Outside The American Commonwealth by the English viscount, James Bryce, this is probably the most objective (and correct) European analysis of American politics as seen from a purely European perspective and de Tocqueville correctly ascertains in a rather prophetic manner in the 1830s what has since come to pass in the U.S.: party politics and the tyranny of the majority in the name of electoral freedom an equality. Good reading!
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
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Presented from the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant perspectives.
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
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"Devils", by Fiodor Dostoyevsky. The classical English translation by Constance Garnett, but with a new title, more accurately translated according to the sense in the Russian original. One of the masterpieces of the Russian genius, dealing with political conspiracy in late 19th century Russia.
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Divine Madness: Plato's Case Against Secular Humanism, in addition to The Virtue of War. The book description on Amazon dot com is thus:
The popular Thomistic philosopher and writer Josef Pieper focuses on the thesis of Plato, which at first sight appears strange and unrealistic, that those experiences that advance human life to its true fullness are bestowed on us only during a "god-given" state of "being-beside-oneself". This thesis is then resolutely confronted with our contemporary and above all psychoanalytical knowledge of man's nature, as well as with the Christian conception of man's existence, thus revealing its amazing unexpected relevance.
"Man's real spiritual patrimony is achieved and preserved only through a willingly accepted openness: openness for divine revelation, for the salutary pain of catharsis, for the recollecting power of the fine arts, for the emotional shock brought about by eros and caritas-in short, through the attitude rooted in the mysterious experience that Plato called theia mania."
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
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Good ol rebs, even in New York.
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
The Pope's Legion: The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican.
With Arthurian grandeur the Papal Zouaves marched into Italy in the mid-nineteenth century, summoned by the Pope under siege as the Wars of the Risorgimento raged. Motivated by wanderlust, a sense of duty and the call of faith, some 20,000 Catholic men from around the world rallied to Vatican City to defend her gates against Sardinian marauders. Volunteers came from France, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Austria, and many other countries, including the United States. The battles that ensued lasted over 10 years, among a shifting array of allies and enemies and are among history’s most fascinating yet largely overlooked episodes. Napoleon, Pius IX, and Bismarck all make appearances in the story, but at the center were the Zouaves--steeped in a knightly code of honor, and unflinching in battle as any modern warrior--as the Church they vowed to defend to the death teetered at the brink of destruction.
The Pope's Legion: The Multinational Fighting Force that Defended the Vatican: Charles A. Coulombe: 9780230617568: Amazon.com: Books
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
Furor celticus.
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Falange: A History of Spanish Fascism: Stanley G. Payne: Amazon.com: Books
Interesting but slighty flawed IMO as Spanish "fascism" is not predicated upon the sociopolitical movement of Mussolini in Italy. I've heard of Primo de Rivera(s) but am curious to learn more. :O
Última edición por Annuit Coeptis; 21/09/2013 a las 09:05
"And, as we Catholics know, Western Civilization is Roman Civilization, first classical Roman Civilization, then Roman Catholic Civilization, as the Christians preserved and carried classical Roman Civilization to the world in a Christianized form. That is, after all, why we are described as Roman Catholics."
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