tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409990422558768312.post2240238042167305634..comments2021-05-25T19:48:29.426-07:00Comments on ARGUS & PHOENIX: They are Not Dead, Nor Do They Sleep....Matthew C Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234878138545287306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409990422558768312.post-55110320240134217572012-06-21T22:48:07.882-07:002012-06-21T22:48:07.882-07:00The higher the Antichrist rises the lower Christ d...The higher the Antichrist rises the lower Christ descends to us. <br /><br />I must confess that having a Regal spirit (or perhaps rather it having me) is world-bendingly difficult. If I were the priestly type I could already be doing as my nature would bid, and have a good family life or live in a monastery.Antidoomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409990422558768312.post-32246499491566112682012-06-21T21:03:06.313-07:002012-06-21T21:03:06.313-07:00"I think the superiority of Sparta and the Sp..."I think the superiority of Sparta and the Spartan (military) genius over Athens and the Athenian genius is in the following. The great men for whom Athens is renowned are men like Sophocles, Aristophanes, and yes, Socrates (to name a few). All such men are renowned for excellingin an *agon*. But an *agon*, like a medieval tournament, was a contest held in times of *peace*. As it says in John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, "peace, not war, is the destroyer of men [that is, of masculine human beings]"."Antidoomnoreply@blogger.com