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Articles on the Pursuit of Virtue, Brotherhood, and Noble Masculinity
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Why It’s Time to Love and Learn from the Middle Ages
This essay is an argument in favor of philo-medievalism, or why it’s time you learn to love the middle ages.
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Explore recent essays and articles from the past month.
Just Say No… To Outrage Porn
A short reflection on the epidemic of outrage porn and why purposefully finding news that emotionally affects you is dangerous.
Negative Archetypes: The Selfish
An examination of various types of selfishness that arises from a deficiency in justice, as well as two basic remedies for balancing this virtue out.
The Value of Tradition and the End of the Enlightenment
Why has the Enlightenment failed? How do we return to the time-tested values of the past and begin to value tradition?
Egotism and Social Media
Our usage of social media makes it easy for us to fall into vanity and egotism. How should we handle arguments and disputes that arise here?
Negative Archetypes: The Impulsive
A continued examination of negative masculine archetypes, identifying and providing a remedy for impulsive behaviours.
Negative Archetypes: The Overthinker
We begin our examination of negative, harmful masculine archetypes with the excess of prudence, overthinking, and its fruits.
Meditations on Aurelius: The Consequences of Anger
Aurelius reminds us that the consequences of anger are often worse than the cause of it. Let us explore some the myriad of results unchecked anger brings on our life.
2020 Manly Book Gift Guide
Welcome to our first annual manly book guide, where you'll find 55 books designed to help you grow in virtue and noble masculinity.
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