The Broken Heart of Man
Part Two in the Decline of the West
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 it is simply a cry for attention which burns the eyes of the viewer.
The Thymotic Impulse
From the actions of the soul to the need to be noticed – by taking offence - the understanding of the thymotic impulse is an indication of the contrary argument to progress. We have become not more morally refined but less, what is within us being rudely understood and bluntly expressed, and the examination of thymos can be adduced to demonstrate this decline. We have made of ourselves a primitive instrument, as the to…
