To a historian, the answer to this question becomes more elusive as one learns ever more about the long history of this concept. There are four main schools of thought on what it actually means – or meant – to crusade; the traditionalists, the pluralists, the generalists, and those who favor a more spiritual/psychological approach.
Month: January 2019
King Solomon’s Most Profound Wisdom
King Solomon of ancient Israel composed thousands of proverbs and songs. This excerpt comes from the Jewish Kohelet, what we would call the book of Ecclesiastes. In it he lays out a profound case for Nihilism as potent as anything you will find reading Kierkegaard or Nietzsche.
What a Sage is not – Three Common Misconceptions
I think one thing that needs to be addressed early on is the popular conception of a Sage, because this can create a mental barrier to becoming one.
What is a Sage? The Five Tenants of Sagehood
Seeing as how I am trying to build a coalition of the internet’s finest Sages, I thought it best to begin by defining our terms. Just what is a Sage?