Joseph De Maistre Against Critical Race Theory
“An indomitable pride incessantly leads them to overthrow everything they have not made; and to create anew they separate themselves from the principle of all existence.” – Joseph de Maistre
Tag: philosophy
Book Review of Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: Volume I. Archaic Greece: The Mind of Athens by Werner Jaeger
“But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious. For passing by, and seeing your idols, I found an altar also, on which was written: To the unknown God.”
– Acts 17:22-23
Book Review of They Lived the Faith: Great Lay Leaders of Modern Times by Thomas P. Neill
“I see no reason why men of the world, who from inclination have applied themselves to serious studies, should not number themselves among the defenders of the most holy of causes.” – Joseph de Maistre
Book Review of Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
“Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.”
– Jeremias 10:14
Book Review of Maistre: Major Works, Vol. I
“There is no disorder that ETERNAL LOVE does not turn against the principle of evil.” – Joseph de Maistre
Book Review of Evolution: The Challenge of the Fossil Record by Duane T. Gish, PhD
“I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.”
– Luke 19:40
A Summary and Brief Exposition of Joseph De Maistre’s Theory of Language
“In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence.” – Job 12:12
Film Review: Is Genesis History?
“Look at those other impious men who work with all their strength to destroy our holy religion by their writings, a Voltaire, a Jean Jacques Rousseau, a Diderot, an Ingersoll, a Darwin, and so many others, who only lived to disseminate by their writings what the devil had instilled in them. Alas! They have worked a great deal of misery, they have ruined countless souls and cast them into hell; but they could not destroy religion, as they believed—they were dashed to pieces on that rock.”
– St. Jean Marie Vianney, Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent
How Aristotle Helps Us to Understand Spiritual Slavery to the Virgin Mary and to her Son, Jesus Christ
“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” – Matthew 23:12
Book Review: The Truth About Teilhard by Monsignor Leo S. Schumacher
“Never was a man more a victim of self-deception.” – Msgr. Leo Schumacher