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Three Identical Strangers is a 2018 documentary directed by Tim Wardle. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling. You can now watch it online at Amazon.com.
The documentary tells the story of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, identical triplets who were separated shortly after birth. (more…)
Leonardo Da Vinci, Vitruvian Man
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This essay begins my introduction to one of the single most treacherous topics in modern political life.
That topic is essentially a scientific one, rather than a political one—although in order to see this we may have to put some very prevalent philosophical and political misconceptions aside. As such, this series is going to be somewhat more dry in tone than some of my other writing—certainly much more than many of the other essays collected at Counter-Currents. (more…)
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Nikolai Vavilov, “Counter-revolutionary”
Translated by G. A. Malvicini
One of the episodes that best characterizes the spirit of Bolshevism is the so-called “Vavilov case.” Professor Nikolai Vavilov was a Russian biologist who was deported to Siberia along with other colleagues of his, not for strictly political reasons, but simply for being an exponent of the theory of genetics. Genetics is a branch of biology that admits the existence of pre-formation in human beings, i.e., of predispositions and traits that are internal, congenital (based on “genes”), not derived from external factors. (more…)
Giambologna, “Hercules Battles the Centaur Nessus,” 1599, detail, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
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English original here
“Eu caminho entre essas pessoas e mantenho meus olhos abertos; elas se tornaram menores e estão se tornando cada vez menores: mas isso é por causa de seus ensinamentos sobre felicidade e virtude. Tanta gentileza, tanta fraqueza eu vejo. Tanta justiça e piedade, tanta fraqueza. Suaves, justos e gentis eles são uns com os outros, como grãos de areia são suaves, justos e gentis uns com os outros”. – Zaratustra
Giambologna, “Hercules Battles the Centaur Nessus,” 1599, detail, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
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Portuguese translation here
“I walk among these people and keep my eyes open; they have become smaller and are becoming ever smaller: but this is because of their teaching on happiness and virtue. So much kindness, so much weakness I see. So much justice and pity, so much weakness. Round, righteous, and kind they are to one another, like grains of sand are round, righteous, and kind to one another.” – Zarathustra[1]