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The Broken Heart of Man

Part Two in the Decline of the West

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Jul 29, 2022
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Once you’re in the menes, you’re never coming back.

In this part I will examine how Western man has charted a great retreat. No more does he seek to be great-souled. He seeks comfort and gratification, not hardship and just reward. This is the story of the thymotic impulse, which was once a glowing coal of hunger in the soul of the west for justice. Now …

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