The American Minervan

Tag: Historical Figures

  • Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages, Part II: All the Wise Sages

    Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages, Part II: All the Wise Sages

    INTRODUCTORY NOTE One of the reasons I have written this is to inspire us as world travelers, cosmopolitans, students, academics, teachers and so on. To begin, we must understand that if you sought to write a philosophical treatise or found a school (whether intentionally, directly or indirectly), how much the ideal of modern perfection and…

  • Third Republic Civic Republicanism, Esoteric Movements and Protestantism in France Belle Epoque Era

    Third Republic Civic Republicanism, Esoteric Movements and Protestantism in France Belle Epoque Era

    INTRODUCTION Historical figures involved in French Third Republic (1870–1940) politics were generally opposed to the monarchy, aligning with the prevailing republican and anti-clerical sentiments of the era, though there are nuances in this time within esoteric currents. The Theosophical Society in France, officially established as a section in 1899, attracted and propelled several notable figures who were…

  • Abolitionist David Walker turns Fire into Radical Revolution against Slaveholding Republic

    Abolitionist David Walker turns Fire into Radical Revolution against Slaveholding Republic

    David Walker turns ancient philosophy of Fire into radical revolutionary resistance against the slaveholding Republic. DAVID WALKER’S APPEAL AS THE FULLEST AMERICAN EMBODIMENT OF THE ARCHAIC PHILOSOPHY OF FIRE David Walker’s Appeal (1829) is indeed the fullest and single most American embodiment of the ancient tradition of FIRE come down to us through the philosophy…