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How Neo-Classicism Gave Birth to Leftism

How Neo-Classicism Gave Birth to Leftism

What the Oath of Horatii can teach us about the dangers of “Facts over Feelings”

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“Midway upon the journey of our life

  I found myself within a forest dark,

  For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”

Dante Alighieri, Inferno

Everything in nature yearns for balance. When an imbalance appears in any natural structure, such as in human societies, its equal and opposite imbalance is the culprit. 

Leftism is a convenient label to descr…

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