Journal of Cogency:
for the philosophical study of power
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Against Military Fatalism
“The king is everywhere primarily a warlord.” This statement can be found in (Gerth & Mills’s 1947 English translation of) Max Weber’s Essays in Sociology, and is a good example of what I’ve always seen as a bitter fault of viewpoint or approach. This bitterness is nevertheless sweetened by the valuable insights that follow on from…
Which side are you on?
Ten thousand years or more in jet black meditation. Now I stand here, hands are sore, but that’s my motivation.
— High on Fire, “10,000 Years”