“Do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it.” So Aeneas is admonished as he enters Dis with the Golden Bough. Ludwig Von Mises adopted this phrase as his motto. It frames the conversational spirit of the post: a warning of the perilous danger of Leviathan; its seductive assurances that itContinue reading “Social Conservatism and Classical Liberalism”
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JODAN
Funes the Memorious by Borges, for me, is a poignant reminder of the dangers of specificity – missing the forest for the trees. Funes focuses only on the details to the point that everything is unique – he has no ability to form connections to extrapolate a general pattern. There is a deep lesson here. Concentrate too heavilyContinue reading “JODAN”
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WINNING
Part of the kuden – the oral history – of Aikido revolves around a story that during the US occupation of Japan some of O’Sensei’s students would test their progress through a practical application of the art – i.e., they would get into fights – (Sadateru) Arikawa comes to mind. O’Sensei would admonish them thatContinue reading “ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WINNING”
Protective Arts 