728 x 90

Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

  • Home
  •  
  • Blog 1 Column Left Sidebar

Latest Posts

Top Authors

  • 9 Literary Masterpieces the Catholic Church Banned

    9 Literary Masterpieces the Catholic Church Banned2

    The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (modern English translation: List of Prohibited Books) was the official list of banned books created by censors of the Roman Catholic Church. First published in 1559 during the Sacred Congregation of the Roman Inquisition, the Index was updated annually until 1966, when it was abolished by Pope Paul VI. The list

    READ MORE
  • 9 Eyebrow-Raising Numbers From Trump’s Surprising Win

    9 Eyebrow-Raising Numbers From Trump’s Surprising Win0

    We are still in the immediate aftermath of the US Presidential Elections, a surprise upset result that has resulted in millions of words being written and many surveys, postmortems, predictions and howls of anguish and triumph being unleashed. So here’s one more to that pile. As I mentioned in my last blogpost before the election,

    READ MORE
  • 9 Ever-Relevant Quotes from Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’

    9 Ever-Relevant Quotes from Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’0

    1) “A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.” 2) “One ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved.” 3) “The Romans never allowed a trouble spot

    READ MORE
  • 9 Brilliant Quotes from One Smart Dude

    9 Brilliant Quotes from One Smart Dude0

    • October 20, 2015

    British philosopher Roger Scruton is the author of over 30 books, including The Soul of the World, An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Modern Culture, and The Uses of Pessimism and the Dangers of False Hope. He is also the author of a number of lines pregnant with meaning, nine of which appear below: 1. “A

    READ MORE
  • 9 Books to Understand the Collectivist Right

    9 Books to Understand the Collectivist Right0

    The fast and furious rise of the alt-right in Europe, the UK, and the US has caught many people intellectually off-guard. I can speak for myself in this respect. My education and reading prepared me well to understand the statism of the left. My instincts became finely tuned. The threat to liberty from the right

    READ MORE
  • 9 Big Questions About Democratic Socialism

    9 Big Questions About Democratic Socialism0

    Democratic socialism is hot in the United States right now. Both the American media and young people seem to be enamored of the thought of steeply progressive, redistributive tax rates designed to achieve some vision of justice. As with most public policy ideas, we tend to get pretty far down the road before we ask

    READ MORE
© Copyright Intellectual Takeout 2024