Justin Murphy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Justin Murphy

1/ Honoré de Balzac was one of the greatest French novelists of the 19th century, a leading figure of the realism movement. He wrote 91 distinct works for his series La Comédie Humaine. When he was a kid, his teachers and classmates thought he was stupid. (Many lessons here.) https://t.co/MiuXzZlZPA

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"The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are rather the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt." —Hannah Arendt https://t.co/vL0fcFQeqe

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The source for this thread is Sean McMeekin's book Stalin's War (2021).

Justin Murphy

1/ Honoré de Balzac was one of the greatest French novelists of the 19th century, a leading figure of the realism movement. He wrote 91 distinct works for his series La Comédie Humaine. When he was a kid, his teachers and classmates thought he was stupid. (Many lessons here.) https://t.co/MiuXzZlZPA

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In the latest issue of the newsletter, I wrote about the great 18th century man of letters Samuel Johnson. Among his accomplishments, he published a "literary magazine" called The Rambler. In fact, The Rambler wasn't a magazine; it was something else—quite ahead of its time. https://t.co/ly96cTMFUf

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Justin Murphy

1/ Honoré de Balzac was one of the greatest French novelists of the 19th century, a leading figure of the realism movement. He wrote 91 distinct works for his series La Comédie Humaine. When he was a kid, his teachers and classmates thought he was stupid. (Many lessons here.) https://t.co/MiuXzZlZPA

Justin Murphy

In the latest issue of the newsletter, I wrote about the great 18th century man of letters Samuel Johnson. Among his accomplishments, he published a "literary magazine" called The Rambler. In fact, The Rambler wasn't a magazine; it was something else—quite ahead of its time. https://t.co/ly96cTMFUf

Justin Murphy

With René Girard's increasing popularity, you've probably heard about mimetic rivalry, the scapegoat, internal vs. external mediation, etc. Yet Girard was a deeply religious thinker, which is not discussed much. Today let's talk about the Girardian conception of Original Sin. https://t.co/7bCyTNjQ3J

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Rationalism is satanism. See Ride the Tiger by Julius Evola. https://t.co/vnJITc5QCq

Justin Murphy

"A death sentence for a slight offense, pronounced in such a way, would be less horrible than a sentence of six months in prison given as it is at the present day." —Simone Weil in Waiting for God https://t.co/qQdYF1T1Yv