Introducing Blaise Pascal: The First Anti-Modern
If we’re going to battle against modernity, we need to recognize our champions. Pascal might have been the first.
Eric Scheske
Something Tells Me I’d Really Enjoy the Private Letters of Two Men I Didn’t Even Know Existed
It helps to be aware of one’s ignorance.
That’s one reason I like to read Joseph Epstein, who wrote a delightful essay for the current issue of the new Catholic journal, The Lamp that brought my level of awareness to the brim.
The topic?
The letters of George
Left Hemisphere Attack on Small Business?
Jeffrey Tucker at Zero Hedge (via Epoch Times)
At Substack: McGilchrist Explains Huxley
If the left hemisphere's grip on people's minds can be loosened, McGilchrist says, their perceptions will change. They will see "into the depth of things . . . all at once [and] recognize them for what they are, no longer overlaid by our projections."
When this happens,
Scrolling Blog: Late 2024 Entries
The True Christmas Story that Never Gets Old
And the vile reality that is the State that makes it compelling
The Christmas Truce of World War INever forget the Christmas truce of World War I, when troops refused to be pawns of empire for one blessed day.Mises InstituteJohn V.
Eric Scheske's Substack Has Launched
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The Seven Deadly Sins are Dispositions of the Left Hemisphere
Primer: Understanding the Hemisphere HypothesisMany smart people think Iain McGilchrist has effected a Copernican revolution in metaphysics. I tend to agree. Here’s a summary of the revolution.The Daily EudemonEric Scheske
When you throw that vase against the wall and scream "f****! (fudge), you're sinning. The
AI and Our Need to Get Mentally Jacked
Picture this: Four Sikhs stride into a title office to close a deal to buy a convenience store. Two elders had beards flowing like an Old Testament prophet. Nothing new there.
But the two young Sikhs? Their golf shirts were stretched taut over bulky biceps and pecs. I’ll confess,
Six Maniacal Observations from G.K. Chesterton
They'll help make sure you don't think like a maniac
Scrolling Blog: June-July 2024
July 12, 2024
People who still believe that the news media tell them the truth and that their nation and their world work pretty much the way they were taught in school are just as brainwashed and deluded as any QAnon cultist. Caitlin Johnson
Caitlin Johnstone on SubstackPeople who still