Power, pleasure, but for meaning and perhaps even purpose, we arrive at Toynbee and the subject of civilizational collapse and disintegration. The current situation very much has all the stuff and trappings of the civilizational collapse and disintegration which Toynbee explained as part of his overall study of world history. So that is where we … Continue reading Third Note to Book Recommendation, November 16, 2025
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Eighteenth Note to “Jew Hater”
A study and understanding of world history - which is what concerns us the most - is not a matter of empirical methodology. Rather, it is a matter of subjective interpretation. And what we find after an exhaustive education is that world history is essentially a process whereby the ultimate truth is to be revealed … Continue reading Eighteenth Note to “Jew Hater”