Tag: Civic Republicanism
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Open Letter: The Real Republican Mind, Upholder of Liberty and Virtue
AREPUBLICAN-mind abhors the chains of slavery — mentally, spiritually and physically. The republican believes that “the health (or welfare) of the People should be the Supreme Law” (Salus populi suprema lex esto). The republican rejects anti-secularism, monarchy, theocracy, clericalism, oligarchy, despotism and authoritarianism. The republican comes from a heritage and legacy of revolution and radical…
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Henry A. Wallace Spiritual Ideals and Fascination with the United States Motto
Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) was a progressive Republican and Episcopalian, a high ranking official during the war, New Deal Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the U.S. 1941-45. He is considered a notable contributor to American liberalism and political culture. This brief will not cover his life or political work but highlight his particular…
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Where Authority Lies: Republicanism, Liberalism, and Progressive Morality
WHERE AUTHORITY LIES “. . .And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness (zohar) of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” (Dan. xii, 3) What is called the “new morality” (a term dating to the 1920s) today guided by progressive social movements seems not too…
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Étienne de La Boétie on Liberty and Tyranny
Étienne de La Boétie on facing corrupt rulers. “Be resolute to serve no more, and you are at once free. I do not ask you to push him, to topple him over, but only to cease sustaining, and you will see him, as a great colossus whose pedestal we’ve shattered, fall of his own weight…
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James J. Sack on Right-Wing Hatred of Dissenters in the 18th century
The European Right in the Era of Republicanism The attitudes and thinking-patterns of intellectuals on the political Right in the eighteenth and nineteenth-century remain as they are in today’s American Right. From Jacobite to Conservative: Reaction and Orthodoxy in Britain In James J. Sack’s From Jacobite to Conservative, speaking of the “ubiquitous right-wing hatred of…
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Post-Trump: Republicans must return to Republicanism as Moral and Philosophical Guide
Brink Lindsey argues that the answer for Republicans is staring them in the face — in their very name. In post-Trump Right, Republicans must return to Republicanism as moral and philosophical guide. This expression would be staunchly anti-racist, anti-tyranny, cosmopolitan and mature. “To build a new, post-Trump right, we need a new political language in…
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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 several colorways in Britain between 1785-1800, after the first defeat of the British Empire. A banner reads “Where Liberty Dwells, There is My Country.” GALLERY…
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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 explains that in the first sense is meant, a loose tradition or family of writers in the history of western political thought: “Machiavelli and his…
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Helena Blavatsky on Government Systems: “They have no sway over the inner man…”
“…Whether the physical man be under the rule of an empire or a republic, concerns only the man of matter. His body may be enslaved; as to his Soul, he has the right to give to his rulers the proud answer of Socrates to his Judges. They have no sway over the inner man.” (H.P.…
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Song of Liberté—Veillons au Salut de l’Empire
“Let’s ensure the salvation of the Empire” was the unofficial French national anthem under Napoleon, adapting the principles of the French Revolution under his imperial rule.
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Death in June: Unconditional Armistice
Hilariously Perfect… “Can I trust a human? Can I trust his soul? Like pigs they link together Like pigs in a sausage roll They all think they’re individuals They all think they’re free Nietzsche said they are supermenDisplayed in a butcher’s shop to meMakes sense within a frameworkOf that Nazarene reality I wish I had…
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Why the Statue of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus carries a Fasces?
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 hand he returns the fasces, symbol of power and fraternity to the Dictator of Rome. In the other, a plow, which represents his life as citizen and farmer. Cincinnati…
The American Minervan 