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Andrew M. Lobaczewski
P O L I T I C A L
P O N E R O L O G Y
A science on the nature of evil adjusted for political purposes
Translated from the original Polish by Alexandra Chciuk-Celt, Ph. D.
Corrected by the author in 1998
Edited with Notes and Commentary by
Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Henri Sy
Red Pill Press
EDITOR’S PREFACE
“Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem in-significant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you.”
Miyamoto Musashi
The book you hold in your hand may be the most important book you will ever read; in fact, it will be. No matter who you are, what your status in life, what your age or sex or nationality or ethnic background, you will, at some point in your life, feel the touch or relentless grip of the cold hand of Evil. Bad things happen to good people, that’s a fact.
What is evil? Historically, the question of evil has been a theological one. Generations of theological apologists have written entire libraries of books in an attempt to certify the existence of a Good God that created an imperfect world. Saint Augustine distinguished between two forms of evil: “moral evil”, the evil humans do, by choice, knowing that they are doing wrong; and “natural evil”, the bad things that just happen - the storm, the flood, volcanic eruptions, fatal disease.
And then, there is what Andrew !obaczewski calls Macro-social Evil: large scale evil that overtakes whole societies and nations, and has done so again and again since time immemo-rial. The history of mankind, when considered objectively, is a terrible thing.
Andrew M. Lobaczewski
P O L I T I C A L
P O N E R O L O G Y
A science on the nature of evil adjusted for political purposes
Translated from the original Polish by Alexandra Chciuk-Celt, Ph. D.
Corrected by the author in 1998
Edited with Notes and Commentary by
Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Henri Sy
Red Pill Press
EDITOR’S PREFACE
“Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem in-significant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you.”
Miyamoto Musashi
The book you hold in your hand may be the most important book you will ever read; in fact, it will be. No matter who you are, what your status in life, what your age or sex or nationality or ethnic background, you will, at some point in your life, feel the touch or relentless grip of the cold hand of Evil. Bad things happen to good people, that’s a fact.
What is evil? Historically, the question of evil has been a theological one. Generations of theological apologists have written entire libraries of books in an attempt to certify the existence of a Good God that created an imperfect world. Saint Augustine distinguished between two forms of evil: “moral evil”, the evil humans do, by choice, knowing that they are doing wrong; and “natural evil”, the bad things that just happen - the storm, the flood, volcanic eruptions, fatal disease.
And then, there is what Andrew !obaczewski calls Macro-social Evil: large scale evil that overtakes whole societies and nations, and has done so again and again since time immemo-rial. The history of mankind, when considered objectively, is a terrible thing.
I'll have to pick up that book. Unfortunately Norman Bethune has been lost in our history. He needs to get the recognition he deserves.
The Liberty Reader by David Miller.
A collection of essays by various political philosophers on the various concepts of liberty. Kinda dry, but required for a class.
A collection of essays by various political philosophers on the various concepts of liberty. Kinda dry, but required for a class.
Isn't that a line from Little House on Cherry Street? I enjoyed that but I'v forgotten who the author was.
I've just read "Paths of Glory" by Jeffery Archer. It is the story of George Mallery who just might have climbed Everest decades before Sir Edmond Hillary. Mallery was lost on the mountain in 1924. His body was found in 1999. The book is well worth the read.
I've just finished reading probably the best book on the war in the Pacific that was ever written. The book is "Flyboys" written by James Bradley. The book is not only a great read, it is an education. Eagle tipped me about the book and I am grateful. I found the book hard to put down...probably why I haven't been on the boards for the last three days. Well worth the read.
Some of the classics are a little dry and some are very good. I read one of Hemmingway's a year or so ago- can't remember the name, I think most of it took place in Switzerland........sad ending, but I was amazed at just how easy Hemmingway is to read, mostly one and two syllable common words. Oliver Twist of course is an excellent book but there's a lot of reading there, as there is in most Dickens.