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Andrei Rublev, Hospitality of Abraham (c. 1400). Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Thomas Molnar’s Radical Critique of the ‘Liberal Hegemony’

‘There can be no question that Thomas Molnar’s thought was often driven by a confrontation with the intensified secularist, materialist, and anti-religious ideological tendencies following the socio-historical and ideological period of the eighteenth century. He sought the roots of modern…
Alexei Stakhanov (centre) explaining his system to a fellow miner in the USSR (after 1935, prior to 1940)

The Knowledge Industry

‘It is rarely taken into account that forcing a general expansion of education also means levelling. And if something is extended in a general and obligatory way, then it will be quantitative rather than qualitative. If we imagine all of…
Political cartoon criticizing the ‘robber barons’ of industry for profiting off of workers who were poorly paid and subjected to harsh conditions. Puck magazine, February 1883

The Illusions of Progressionism and the Meaning of History

‘According to the main line of progressivists, the struggles of history lead to a just or more just society, just as science eventually overcomes “superstition”. Ironically, today’s supporters of the ideology of progress are often those post-Christian materialists who believe…
The Good Samaritan by Edward Stott (1910)

A Classical Conceptualization of Human Rights as the Antidote to Psychological Suffering: The Dominance of Western Progressive Human Rights in Practice

‘The flaw in the progressive hyper focus on moral rights is that it removes the ability of reality testing outside the subjective experience. Therefore, it feeds our narcissistic tendencies, which in turn enhances destructive behaviour, anxiety, depression, and above all,…
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo (circa 1511)

Europe’s Lost Purpose

The idea of the human person as created in the image and likeness of God is mirrored in the modern concept of human dignity, as well as in the unconditional respect for human life—values that are subject to grave violations…
Edward Munch: Melancholy (1894-96)

How Modernity Has Diverted Us from Meaning — A Mental Health Crisis

‘Instead of alienating modern man and calling him weak, conservatives should put forward mankind’s greatest treasure: a transcendental focus towards meaning. Only then can this time of polarisation and erosion of mental resilience, social cohesion and institutions be turned into…

God and the Philosopher: The Theology of Thomas Molnar

‘The duality of God and man is the most fundamental reality of existence: a reality which can structure and constitute all relations of human beings. This principal duality is the source of everything: epistemology, ontology, moral philosophy, politics, and—of course,…
The statue of Edmund Burke outside Trinity College in Dublin.

Reviewing a Conservative Classic–Reflections on the Revolution in France by Burke

Burke’s work conveys a deep message for modern societies: ‘…it is with infinite caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society.’…

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