> Another clue is given by Evola in this respect in 'Presentation of
> the Jewish problem', when he points out, with respect to the Jew,
> that "the persistence of an idea, of an attitude, of a belief
through generations ends up finding expression in an instinct, in
something
> which penetrates into the blood, lives and acts in the blood, and,
in
> many cases, completely irrespective of everything that the
> individual, as reflexive consciousness, thinks and believes he
wants".
Thank you for all the excerpts and your views.
I recalled today, Nietzsche wrote something similar in Beyond Good
and Evil, 231 -
"But at the bottom of us, `right down deep', there is, to be sure,
something unteachable, a granite stratum of spiritual fate, of
predetermined decision and answer to predetermined selected
questions. In the case of every cardinal problem there speaks an
unchangeable `this is I'; about man and woman, for example, a thinker
cannot relearn but only learn fully - only discover all that is `firm
and settled' within him on this subject. One sometimes comes upon
certain solutions to problems which inspire strong belief in us;
perhaps one thenceforth calls them one's `convictions'. Later - one
sees them only as footsteps to self-knowledge, signposts to the
problem which we are - more correctly, to the great stupidity which
we are, to our spiritual fate, to the unteachable `right down
deep'. ..."
In ancient Rome, 'religion' was indissociable from race : "This religion could be propagated only by generation. The father, in giving life to his son, gave...
... through generations ends up finding expression in an instinct, in something ... in ... wants". Thank you for all the excerpts and your views. I recalled...
I I am inclined to agree that religion and race would be associated on some level. Along similar lines, I have begun speculating that if the corruption of...
I wonder if a lack of faith and the concomitant growth of materialism can also be attributed to a certain race? And what about the Zoroastrian religion, which...
Zoroastrian - I'm afraid you have found my academic Achille's Heel; I know sadly little of that religion I am afraid. Is Ahriman and Ahura Mazda part of that...
yes, well on those terms, you have no argument against the jews, who have developed from whatever heterogenous genetic basis an equally exclusive cult of...
"It is in the nature of fire to burn, and yet no one sensible will blame the fire for burning ; the fact remains nonetheless that those who do not want to be...
But again like so many of Evola's clichés this one sounds good but contains no actual data. It is the nature of fire to burn, of water to moisten, etcetera,...
Wasn't it you who, a few days ago, condescended to draw our attention to the fact that "'Cruor' is by definition indemonstrable" and, not content with this,...
An unfortunate misunderstanding has been propagated on the Internet based on a misreading of a passage of “Heidnischer Imperialismus”. On page 252 of the...
Some people tend to assume that "fatti ed opere dipotenza e di veggenza" don't exist and are mere 'fantasies', because those people are devoid of any "potenza"...
I never even mentioned the existence of a “rough draft”, both because it seemed to me to be a private matter never intended for publication and also ...
It reads "affermiano", but we corrected spontaneously that typographical mistake in our previous message. In Italian, personal pronouns are not always...
Well, sometimes it's difficult to gain an insight into the Evola's mind. I do not have got the German version, but the incriminated Italian word is "veggenza";...
'Veggenza' is one of those Italian words which are extremely difficult to translate into English. Its synonyms in Italian are (needless to translate) :...
I agree that the translation could be less florid, Tony, but it is the underlying thoughts I question : (1) the idea that there is a special spiritual heritage...
You still haven't understood the spirit of this list. The welcome message says : "Not a moment of our time will be wasted upon the "demon of dialectics",...
In the most authoritative Italian dictionaries like the Zingarelli, the term 'veggenza' is in fact considered the archaic form of the modern 'chiaroveggenza',...
To try to put this to rest, Garzanti has this definition of “veggenza”: 1 (rar.) facoltà di vedere 2 (fig.) capacità di prevedere il futuro: la veggenza...
We could discourse for hours, for days, for months, on how to translate accurately 'veggenza' into English, basing ourselves either on "one of the most...
re : "'clairvoyance', which, in English, means 'perceptiveness', 'clear-sightedness'. Yet, the English 'clairvoyance' renders quite well the idea, as 'esp',...
I believe, Tony, you did not intend to stir up a nest of hornets; anyway just a little addition. The whole chapter has a series of plural verbs: affermiamo,...
To be more specific, both 'Imperialismo pagano' and 'Heidnischer Imperialismus' have five chapters, of which four bear the same title : I. 'We, anti-Europeans'...
I' m sorry today you are all in a black mood, anyway, to me, it is better to express frankly and loyally our ideas rather than do it slipping away to another...
Instead of trying to evade them by referring, in the most detached manner, to the current mood of the members of this forum, or rather to what you assume their...
Some sort of detached metaphysical vision, not religious or mystic, without any identification with the object, a knowledge deprived of the pathos of the...
Your reactions are exactly the same as those of the religious dogmatists I correspond with : we possess the mystic flame, love us or leave us, and if you...
We grasp this opportunity you have given us to point at other significant differences between pre-Christian cults of Aryan nature and Christianity, already...
oh, come on, what is the idea of aryanism if not a dogma? ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get?...
... The Roman: hostem cum fugeret, se Fannius ipse peremit. hic, rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori? "As he was fleeing the enemy, Fannius killed himself. I...