Republicanism in the 18th century Revolutions reveal American Conservative Thought is no different from the Anti-Enlightners
THE AMERICAN RIGHT NO DIFFERENT FROM THE ANTI-ENLIGHTENERS AND COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES But what is in a word? Everything…especially when you’re misusing and representing a word however you want to. “Kirk himself […]
In Post-Trump Right, Republicans must return to Republicanism as Moral and Philosophical Guide
FOR POST-TRUMP RIGHT, REPUBLICANS MUST RETURN TO REPUBLICANISM AS MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL GUIDE Have National Affairs‘ Brink Lindsey read The American Minervan? Brink Lindsey is only suggesting half of what […]
Minerva leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington”
MINERVA, Goddess of Wisdom leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.” The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington is a copperplate-printed toile fabric produced in […]
The Loose Tradition of Republican Writers
In regards to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, it is a great reference for understanding ‘REPUBLICANISM,’ in two different, but closely related senses. The author of the article, Frank Lovett […]
“The American Founders drew on an astonishingly wide range of historical sources” | Heather Mac Donald
ON THE HISTORICAL SOURCES OF THE FOUNDERS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN PHILOSOPHY “The American Founders drew on an astonishingly wide range of historical sources. They invoked […]
American Romanità: What we lost when we Abandoned Classical Education | M.N.S. Sellers, Wes Callihan and Rebekah Hagstrom
“The study of ancient Greek and Latin long ago vanished from most American classrooms, and with it has gone a special understanding of the values and virtues prized by Western […]
Note on Benjamin Rush and Early Federalist Republicanism: Fear of Democracy, Moral Degradation, and Corruption
FEDERALIST REPUBLICANISM: BENJAMIN RUSH ON FEARS OF DEMOCRACY, PARTY POLITICS, MORAL DEGRADATION AND CORRUPTION The stories of Marius, Tacitus, Livy and Sallust stress importance of morals, reason and the rule […]
Song of Liberté—Veillons au Salut de l’Empire
“Liberté. Liberté!”
The Lost History of Liberalism From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century | Helena Rosenblatt
I have been reading and thinking about liberalism for so long it would be impossible to list and thank all the scholars whose work has informed and shaped mine. HELENA […]
“We will never be a socialist country…” | State of the Union
U.S. President Trump delivers his 2019 State of the Union February 9th before the Congress and the Senate, and declared before the citizens of America, “we will never be a […]
Mario Palmieri on the Rebirth of Classical Studies and Lore: Critiques the Renaissance, Individualism, and Speaks of the Ancient Sages
“Such being the facts, it is almost criminal to keep alive in mankind the hope of a true realization of the Democratic ideal.” MARIO PALMIERI, THE PHILOSOPHY OF FASCISM The […]
The Romaness of Fascism: Palmieri and Mussolini on Mazzini, Dante, and the Mission and Influences of Fascism
“Fascism the conception of the historical mission of Rome, the vision of a world empire…” MARIO PALMIERI “Rome is more than a city; Rome is a Universal Idea.” THEODOR MOMMSEN […]
John Adams Letter to John Taylor: “Remember, democracy never lasts long”
“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.” JOHN ADAMS (FIRST VPOTUS AND SECOND POTUS) […]
The Roman Fasces of Cincinnati | Statue of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
SYMBOLS OF THE REPUBLIC THE FOUNDING OF A CITY AND ITS CHARACTER Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the legendary Roman who defeated the Aequians and rescued the trapped Roan Army. With one […]
The Original Red Shirts’ and Red Hats’: The Classical Roots of the American Republic
Republicanism of MINVRA is not associated with, nor propagandizes for one particular party, nor is it about the U.S. Republican Party, or whatever Party under such name in France, or […]
Columbia (American Minerva) and the Fasces in “Reconstruction” for Equal Rights (1868), Harper’s Weekly | Artist Thomas Nast
“Reconstruction” by German-born American political cartoonist, Thomas Nast illustrates the Southern states being brought back into order with the North under the ancient symbol of collective power, authority and fraternity, […]
