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# Manly Pages
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4516/
- Published: 2006-05-08T13:30:53.000Z
- Updated: 2006-05-08T13:30:53.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Books, #wpChunk

I received Harvey Mansfield's *[Manliness](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300106645/thedailyeudem-20?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)* on Friday. It's pretty good so far. It prompted me to go through my study and pull out ten manly books.

![Manly Books.JPG](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Manly-20Books.JPG)

The glared-out one is A'Kempis' On the Passion of Christ. What's more manly than what Christ did? Stupid Docetists.

You'll notice two volumes by Stoic philosophers: Aurelius and Epictetus. Mansfield refers to Stoicism as the philosophy of men, and he's right. It's also a good philosophy for Christians. Although tainted at serious points, for pagans, they did a good job cogitatin'.

What's Flannery O'Connor doin' in there? Sure, she's a woman, but if Mansfield can include Margaret Thatcher in his list of people who showed manly-like character, I can include this book by O'Connor. If more men showed her virtue--especially resignation and courage (heck, if just this blogger showed her virtue), the world would be a better place.

With respect to the Modern Drunkard book, I just put that in there for laughs. Drinking is a manly thing, but the MD is a bit excessive.

*[The Flying Inn](http://www.newcriterion.com/archives/24/03/naughtscrescents-gardner/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)* is the only fiction book in the mix. There were other candidates, but the image of Patrick Dalroy standing up to the Muslim-tainted do-gooder is one of the most humorous examples of manliness that you'll find in literature.