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Epictetus.

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Philosophy is a subject that never really sparked my interest. While I understand that philosophy is important to living a virtuous life, I simply think that virtue and morality are useless if you are forced to live around people that do not share your same morals and virtues. This is the situation that white people are now facing in our own countries. Read more …

Published: June 22, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged ancient Rome, articles, ethics, Fullmoon Ancestry, Marcus Aurelius, morality, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Stoicism | 10 Responses

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Stoic Spiritual Hygiene with Regard to Normies

Guillaume Durocher

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Ancient philosophy, as Pierre Hadot has argued, was not merely a set of ideas but meant to include something far more practical: the leading of a good life in the pursuit of truth. Read more …

Published: January 12, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Guillaume Durocher, North American New Right, originals | 7 Responses

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Christ-Like Aspects of the Sage According to Epictetus

Guillaume Durocher

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I was recently reading the Discourses of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55-135 AD). These recordings of Epictetus’ teachings are a very fine work: one really feels as though one is in the early Roman Empire, at Epictetus’ school, and the master is speaking to us directly, in a very practical way. Read more …

Published: January 10, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Guillaume Durocher, North American New Right, originals | 1 Response

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La filosofía como una Forma de Vida

Greg Johnson

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Pierre Hadot
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Ed. Arnold I. Davidson, trans. Michael Chase
Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995

El tema de Pierre Hadot es extenso. Él presenta una nueva forma de entender la naturaleza de la filosofía antigua y cómo deberíamos leerla. Read more …

Published: June 13, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Greg Johnson, in Spanish, in translation, living well, Marcus Aurelius, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Pierre Hadot, Plato, Plotinus, Socrates, Stoicism | Leave a comment

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Philosophy as a Way of Life

Greg Johnson

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Spanish translation here

Pierre Hadot
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Ed. Arnold I. Davidson, trans. Michael Chase
Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1995

Pierre Hadot’s topic is sweeping. He presents a new understanding of the nature of ancient philosophy and how we should read it. Read more …

Published: June 9, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Greg Johnson, living well, Marcus Aurelius, North American New Right, philosophy, Pierre Hadot, Plato, Plotinus, reprints, Socrates, Stoicism | 2 Responses

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Mein Kodex, Fortsetzung

Jef Costello

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Aristoteles vor der Universität von Thessaloniki, Griechenland.

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Übersetzt von Deep Roots

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In einem früheren Essay teilte ich zehn Aphorismen aus „meinem Kodex“ mit. Falls euch dieser Essay entgangen ist, sage ich nur, daß ich vor ein paar Jahren beschloß, einen Kodex zu erstellen, um danach zu leben. Wie die meisten Dinge, die ich tue, verwandelte sich das in ein größeres Projekt, und ich sammelte schließlich Nuggets „praktischer Weisheit“ aus allen möglichen Quellen: Aristoteles, die Stoiker und Epikureer, die Eddas und Sagas, Read more …

Published: November 29, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, consumerism, D. H. Lawrence, ethics, G. I. Gurdjieff, in German, in translation, living well, materialism, North American New Right, pets, reprints, Stoicism | Leave a comment

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Mein Kodex

Jef Costello

Peter Paul Rubens, "The Four Philosophers," with a bust of Seneca, 1611-1612

Peter Paul Rubens: „Die vier Philosophen“, mit einer Büste von Seneca, 1611-1612

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Vor ein paar Jahren entschied ich, daß ich einen Kodex brauchte, um danach zu leben: eine Reihe von Prinzipien, die mein Leben leiten. Nun, es ist nicht so, als hätte ich nicht bereits einige Prinzipien entdeckt, die mir als richtig erschienen; es war nicht so, als ob ich im Blindflug unterwegs gewesen wäre, ohne irgendwelche Überzeugungen. Aber ich hatte mich nie hingesetzt und darüber nachgedacht, woraus genau mein „Kodex“ bestand, und das alles zu Papier gebracht. Read more …

Published: November 29, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, Baruch Spinoza, chivalry, Doc Savage, duty, ethics, G. I. Gurdjieff, happiness, Immanuel Kant, in German, in translation, J. G. Fichte, Jack Donovan, Jef Costello, living well, morality, narcissism, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, Stoicism | Leave a comment

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My Code, Continued

Jef Costello

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In an earlier essay, I shared ten aphorisms from “my code.” In case you missed that essay, I will just say that a few years ago I decided to establish a code to live by. Like most of the things I do, this turned into a major project and I wound up gathering nuggets of “practical knowledge” from all manner of sources: Aristotle, the Stoics and Epicureans, the Eddas and Sagas, medieval Chivalry, Japanese Bushido, Tyler Durden, G. I. Gurdjieff, and even Indian Shaivism. Read more …

Published: April 28, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aristotle, articles, consumerism, D. H. Lawrence, ethics, G. I. Gurdjieff, living well, materialism, North American New Right, originals, pets, physical fitness, Stoicism | 9 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 92
The Pursuit of Happiness
Detachment, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Epictetus

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Beginning in August of 1999, I gave a series of eight lectures on “The Pursuit of Happiness: Philosophies East and West,” dealing with different conceptions of the good life. Read more …

Published: February 19, 2014 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Counter-Currents Radio, detachment, ethics, Greg Johnson, living well, philosophy, podcasts, self-actualization, Stoicism, The Pursuit of Happiness | 3 Responses

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My Code

Jef Costello

Peter Paul Rubens, “The Four Philosophers,” with a bust of Seneca, 1611-1612

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German translation here

A few years ago, I decided I needed a code to live by: a set of principles to guide my life. Now, it’s not as if I hadn’t already discovered some principles that seemed right to me; it wasn’t as if I was flying blind, without any convictions. But I had never sat down and reflected on exactly what my “code” consisted in, and put it all on paper. So, I decided one day to do just that.