Umberto Eco, Fascism and Tradition
Of fascist pigs and sacred cows: debunking political misreadings about the authority of Tradition in a time of rising authoritarianism.
Of fascist pigs and sacred cows: debunking political misreadings about the authority of Tradition in a time of rising authoritarianism.
The true justification for spiritual literacy resides in understanding that the realization of Reality is the true métier of man, a project which cannot be undertaken or achieved without faith and the development of the spiritual faculty.
In the face of perils of the modern world, we ask ourselves: What must we do? ... If one's aim is to save mankind, one must first know what it means to be a man; if one wishes to defend the spirit, one must know what is spirit.