The Olympics of the Mind

Nietzsche does not offer a myth of creation, but his new myth of the Eternal Recurrence is meant to provide a new basis for human creativity. Lecture

Leo Strauss taught us about esoteric writing. Arthur Melzer shows that understanding esoteric writing is vital to understanding Western culture and, indeed, culture in general. Essay

Ordinary life improves when empire falls. Book Review

If in the year 2000 Alexis de Tocqueville could somehow be given the opportunity to revisit the United States, he would be gratified to see how many of his observations concerning the country had proven to be correct. Essay

Why were the Greeks the most competitive people in history? A profound examination of psychology and philosophy of ancients and moderns. Essay