Tag: De Monarchia
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Origin of Revolution
Revolution is the overthrow of established order, resulting in a state of disorder. Thus, there can be no such thing as a “conservative revolution” but rather what is required, as Joseph de Maistre famously claimed, is “the opposite of a revolution“. To understand what Order is in the first place, we turn to Dante in…
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Metaphysics of Dueling
When reason alone fails to achieve justice, is dueling a legitimate way to reach a resolution? Dante answers, “Yes”.