Category: Charles Maurras
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Paganism 2.0
I see and approve what is better, but follow what is worse. ~ Ovid, Metamorphoses
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Europe in Dormition
It is man himself who rises above humanity and becomes God. And even God is no longer a reality who already is, but the God who is begotten in us and is ourselves insofar as we with our whole being rise to Him. Here mind is no longer intellect but will. The world is no…
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The Defeat and the Future of France (II)
This is Part II of the essay by Julius Evola that was published as “La disfatta e il futuro dell Francia secondo l’Action Française” in La Vita Italiana, in April 1942. This piece is of historical interest since the issues in 1941 are still in play in 2013. We also get an “inside” look at…
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Principle X: Tradition
From Chapter II, “Principles”, La Tradition, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. Maurras concludes his list of fundamental principles with Tradition. This will be a disappointment to those who want to reduce everything to the rational, since traditional is beyond that. It is tied, as he says, to “blood and soil”, that is, one’s…
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Principle IX: The Duty of Heritage
From Chapter II, “Principles”, Devoir de l’Héritage, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. In this particularly beautiful passage, Maurras explains the duty of one generation to pass on its culture, customs, and traditions to the next, which in turn, has the duty to accept and develop that heritage. The loss of one’s traditions needs…
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Principle VIII: Heredity
From Chapter II, “Principles”, La Hérédité, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he. ~ Proverbs 29:18 In this insightful section, Maurras shows the importance of heredity, both in regard to progeny, but also with respect to the transmission…
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Principle VII: Property
From Chapter II, “Principles”, La Propriété, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. Property is the natural safeguard of man, an industrious animal still more than reasonable, for whom his needs, his weakness, the dissatisfaction that he brings from the cradle make a narrow duty of transforming what surrounds him. Pascal is wrong to scoff…
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Principle VI: Rights and Laws (Clarifications)
From Chapter II, “Principles”, Le Droit et la Loi, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This is part two of two. Clarifications on the Nature of Law According to a venerable [the Middle Ages] maxim [lex consensus populi et constitutione regis fit], the law is made by the action of the sovereign (constitutione regis)…
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The Defeat and the Future of France
The following essay by Julius Evola was published as “La disfatta e il futuro dell Francia secondo l’Action Française” in La Vita Italiana, in April 1942. Due to its length, it will be posted in two installments. This essay may be of historical interest to some, since, given that history is written by the victors,…
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Principle VI: Rights and Laws
From Chapter II, “Principles”, Le Droit et la Loi, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This is part one of two. I always believed that the privilege of rights also represents the privilege of duties. The experience of the nature of things established that the domain of common law is very limited and that…