The American Minervan

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  • Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)

    Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)

    “Salve o popolo d’eroi (Hail, people of heroes), Salve o patria immortale (Hail, immortal Fatherland), Son rinati i figli tuoi (Your sons were born again), Con la fede e l’ideale (With the faith and the Ideal) Il valor dei tuoi guerrieri (Your warriors’ valour), La virtù dei pioniero (Your pioneers virtue), La vision dell’Alighieri (Alighieri’s…

  • The Romaness of Fascism: Palmieri on the Prophets, Philosophy and Mission of Fascism

    The Romaness of Fascism: Palmieri on the Prophets, Philosophy and Mission of Fascism

    Italian Fascist Philosophy, from a primary source. FASCISM, or Fascist Philosophy as taught by its early thinkers was intentionally molded out of or considered to be a collective expression of the philosophy, wisdom, ambitions and history in Italy and of its people. Its main philosophic originator was Giovanni Gentile, who explained that Fascism was an…

  • Why the Statue of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus carries a Fasces?

    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…

  • Etruscan Visual Representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva: A Comparative Study | Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley

    Etruscan Visual Representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva: A Comparative Study | Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley

    Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley’s paper from the Etruscan Studies Journal on the Etruscan visual representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva provides historical, artistic, and cultural perspective of its common use in imagery. The paper explains the significant differences in the Etruscan cultural attitudes toward women, from those of their Greek contemporaries. It examines Etruscan…

  • American Founders inspired by Classical Greece and Rome

    American Founders inspired by Classical Greece and Rome

    A number of the American founders were classicists, and were trained in the classics in their colonial education, and American Romanità demonstrates how Classicism was integral to education in the U.S., and not simply an “elite education.” It should also be kept in mind, that the first U.S. president, George Washington was honored on Masonic…

  • Theosophy in Italy and Under Fascist Rule | The Prefect of Genoa Report (1939)

    Theosophy in Italy and Under Fascist Rule | The Prefect of Genoa Report (1939)

    HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY DURING WORLD WAR AND UNDER FASCIST RULE, INCLUDING THE PREFECT OF GENOA’S REPORT JAN 1939 – HELENA P. BLAVATSKY frequently visited Italy, in namely Bologna, Bari, Trieste, Venice, Rome, and Naples. Many of her acquaintances in Italy became members of the Theosophical Society. In 1851, H.P.B. met Giuseppe Mazzini, and at…