Classical Ideals

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The Artificial Woman

The Artificial Woman

How Traditionalists and Leftists alike have Destroyed the Woman

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Dec 29, 2022
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There is a poem by Pushkin called The Hapless Knight. It is about a knight who finds his nobility against the image of the immaculate woman, the perfect woman. She is worthy enough that the Knight will save the world just for her. This story is not new, nor does it belong just to the Russian Canon of literature. It can also be read in Dante’s The Divine…

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