Comments on: Things Which Have Contributed to my Absence http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/ Sliding down the banisters of the ivory tower. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:12:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Internet Banking http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/#comment-1930 Internet Banking Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:09:12 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=82#comment-1930 I was just chatting with my coworker about this last week at Outback steak house. Don't know how in the world we landed on the subject actually , they brought it up. I do remember having a wonderful chicken salad with ranch on it. I digress... I was just chatting with my coworker about this last week at Outback steak house. Don’t know how in the world we landed on the subject actually , they brought it up. I do remember having a wonderful chicken salad with ranch on it. I digress…

]]> By: Iqra’i: About the Death of Peoples http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/#comment-613 Iqra’i: About the Death of Peoples Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:58:16 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=82#comment-613 [...] This boils down to a question of the intellectual heritage of conservatism. I would argue (and have) that the defining feature of conservatism is its recognition of the destruction modernity works on [...] [...] This boils down to a question of the intellectual heritage of conservatism. I would argue (and have) that the defining feature of conservatism is its recognition of the destruction modernity works on [...]

]]> By: David Wagner http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/#comment-516 David Wagner Sun, 11 May 2008 01:48:28 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=82#comment-516 1. "Our telos can be found, if nowhere else, in continuing our search for it. The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill the heart of a man." How very Straussian! 2. Tonsor's piece is elegant, but catastrophically outdated. I should write my own piece on this, but let one example suffice. He writes: "When the New York intellectuals turned from the beguilements of left-wing revolutionary utopianism, they did not in fact become Conservatives but attached themselves to positions that were neoliberal, in the sense that Mises and Hayek were neoliberals; and just as Mises and Hayek are philosophical and cultural modernists, so too New York intellectuals who now call themselves neoconservatives are modernists." But who are the Mises freaks now? The paleo-est of the paleocons (cf. Ludwig von Mises Institute). Meanwhile the main rap against today's neocons is that they <i>aren't neoliberal enough</i>, that they're too comfortable with big government. The fault-lines have shifted radically since 1986. 1. “Our telos can be found, if nowhere else, in continuing our search for it. The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill the heart of a man.” How very Straussian!

2. Tonsor’s piece is elegant, but catastrophically outdated. I should write my own piece on this, but let one example suffice. He writes:

“When the New York intellectuals turned from the beguilements of left-wing revolutionary utopianism, they did not in fact become Conservatives but attached themselves to positions that were neoliberal, in the sense that Mises and Hayek were neoliberals; and just as Mises and Hayek are philosophical and cultural modernists, so too New York intellectuals who now call themselves neoconservatives are modernists.”

But who are the Mises freaks now? The paleo-est of the paleocons (cf. Ludwig von Mises Institute). Meanwhile the main rap against today’s neocons is that they aren’t neoliberal enough, that they’re too comfortable with big government. The fault-lines have shifted radically since 1986.

]]> By: NoahK http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/#comment-511 NoahK Wed, 07 May 2008 05:07:32 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=82#comment-511 If it makes you feel any better, I broke my wrist when I was at summer camp after 7th grade by tagging a fat kid in Capture the Flag. If it makes you feel any better, I broke my wrist when I was at summer camp after 7th grade by tagging a fat kid in Capture the Flag.

]]> By: Nicola Karras http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/#comment-510 Nicola Karras Wed, 07 May 2008 02:55:41 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=82#comment-510 I ran across the Calvin reference in <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/225186" rel="nofollow">Astrology in Shakespeare's Day</a> (Carroll Camden, <i>Isis</i> 19, No. 1 (1933): 26-73). It's very brief and gives no citation, but when I've got some free time I'm going to go look it up. I ran across the Calvin reference in Astrology in Shakespeare’s Day (Carroll Camden, Isis 19, No. 1 (1933): 26-73). It’s very brief and gives no citation, but when I’ve got some free time I’m going to go look it up.

]]> By: William http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/index.php/2008/05/06/things-which-have-contributed-to-my-absence/#comment-509 William Wed, 07 May 2008 02:30:03 +0000 http://www.nazg.com/iqrai/?p=82#comment-509 I really enjoy this blog. I would love to know where to read about Calvin's opposition to astrology. Any chance you could tell us the source? I really enjoy this blog.

I would love to know where to read about Calvin’s opposition to astrology. Any chance you could tell us the source?

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