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Temptations of Tyranny
Rod Dreher’s conflicted support for President Trump illustrates a broader crisis among intellectual conservatives who fear the "soft totalitarianism" of liberal institutions yet embrace the hard authoritarianism of executive overreach. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s political thought, the essay contends that true freedom is preserved not through charismatic leaders but through the multiplication and decentralization of citizen power. Revitalizing democracy, it argues, requires stubborn, local acts of collective governance rather than the dangerous temptation to concentrate authority in a single figure.04-27-2025
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Blaise Pascal: The Thinking Reed That Is Man
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal offers up his comments on the nature of man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.06-02-2015
Amor Mundi 5/31/15
In our Amor Mundi, we explore how Title IX can endanger intellectual freedom on college campuses, meditate on our obsession with pictures, and much more!05-31-2015
Beyond Bluebeard: Arendt’s "Some Questions of Moral Philosophy"
Philip Walsh discusses some of the startling conclusions Hannah Arendt arrived at with regards to moral philosophy.05-31-2015
Hannah Arendt and the Ansermet's Foundations of Music
We appreciate Hannah Arendt's copy of The Foundations of music in human consciousness in this week's Library feature.05-29-2015
C. S. Lewis on Comfort and Truth-Seeking
C. S. Lewis distinguishes man's pursuit of comfort as compared to that of truth in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-26-2015
Amor Mundi 5/24/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the promise of the Class of 2015, relate Arendt's thoughts on Eichmann to a modern mass murderer, and much more.05-25-2015
The Dystopia of Knowledge
Jennifer M. Hudson uses Arendt and David Eggers' The Circle to understand man's quest to free himself from nature and to infinitely expand his knowledge.05-24-2015
Hans Morgenthau and Hannah Arendt
We appreciate Hannah Arendt's collection of the writings of political theorist Hans Morgenthau in this week's Library feature.05-21-2015
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus on Thinking and Action
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus reflects on thinking and action in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-20-2015