Tag: Russell Kirk
Virtue: Can It Be Taught? ~ The Imaginative Conservative: Kirk
By Russell Kirk Are there men and women in America today possessed of virtue sufficient to withstand and repel the forces of disorder? Or have we, as a people, grown too fond of creature-comforts and a fancied security to venture our lives, our fortunes,… Continue Reading “Virtue: Can It Be Taught? ~ The Imaginative Conservative: Kirk”
The Essence of Conservatism ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Russell Kirk Everything worth conserving is menaced in our generation. Mere unthinking negative opposition to the current of events, clutching in despair at what we still retain, will not suffice in this age. A conservatism of instinct must be reinforced by a conservatism… Continue Reading “The Essence of Conservatism ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Columbus the Exemplar – The Imaginative Conservative
By Russell Kirk Christopher Columbus offers us the example of those virtues that the old Romans called fortitude and constancy; and the example of those virtues that the early Christians called faith and hope… — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/10/columbus-exemplar-timeless-russell-kirk.html
The Humane Economy of Wilhelm Roepke ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Russell Kirk Wilhelm Roepke was the principal champion of a humane economy: that is, an economic system suited to human nature and to a humane scale in society, as opposed to systems bent upon mass production regardless of counterproductive personal and social consequences.… Continue Reading “The Humane Economy of Wilhelm Roepke ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Confucianism: Conservatism of the East – The Imaginative Conservative
By Jonathan Chaves How close are Confucian ideas to the American conservatism of our day? Confucius himself is known in Chinese tradition as the “Model Sage for Ten Thousand Ages.” Thus, Confucius and his disciples and later followers held that there are indeed “permanent… Continue Reading “Confucianism: Conservatism of the East – The Imaginative Conservative”
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