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How to Save the West
- Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
- Narrated by: Spencer Klavan
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
A book for people who want to save the West but don’t know how. The fate of our civilization depends on whether ordinary people internalize the truth and beauty conveyed in the masterpieces of Western culture. Spencer Klavan, classicist and podcaster, defends that culture and explains why and how we must hand it on to the next generation.
It has been proclaimed many times, but perhaps never more convincingly than now, when every news cycle seems to deliver further confirmation of a world gone mad.
Is this the endgame? Have we come to closing time in the West?
Author Spencer Klavan is a classicist, with a Ph.D. from Oxford, and a deep understanding of the West. His analysis: The situation is dire. But every crisis we face today, we have faced before. And we can surmount each one. Today’s “five essential crises” are:
• The Crisis of Reality: Is there such a thing as objective truth—and even if there is, can “virtual reality” replace it?
• The Crisis of the Body: Not just the “transgender” insanity, but the push for a “transhumanist” future
• The Crisis of Meaning: Evolution—both biological and cultural—is a process of endless replication, of copying. But is there an original model that gives us an aspiration to aim for? Do our lives and actions have meaning?
• The Crisis of Religion: Science has not eliminated man's religious impulse, but rather misdirected it—and wrongly dismissed the profound philosophical plausibility of Judeo-Christian revelation.
• The Crisis of the Regime: Has America reached a point of inevitable collapse? Republican government was meant to end the destructive cycle of regimes rising and falling—but can it?
Klavan brings to the West’s defense the insights of Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, and the Founding Fathers to show that in the wisdom of the past lies hope for the future. That wisdom can improve our own lives and the lives of those around us—and ultimately save the West.
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- Johnny Davies
- 17-02-23
Essential listening for those wishing to make sense of the world today
A book full of beauty and truth, engagingly written and read by one of the most gifted and inspiring men of letters of his generation.
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- Martin beck
- 17-03-23
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This book has been fantastic in not only building on ideas I’ve had but added flesh to the existing scaffolding. Thought in particular the use of memes was a great lead into the of the existence of a consciousness outside of time & space . Enjoyed immensely and definitely recommend
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- Dark Overlord Learner
- 07-06-23
Fantastic book.
This book is great at clarifying a perspective of reality that is well needed for this time. This book uses reason logic and meaning to synthesis something beautiful. A potentially better world.
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- Quarta de Ouro
- 18-01-24
Beautifully written. Compelling and convincing.
The book manages to put the woes of our time into context and cover some really important concepts in ancient philosophy and tie them into today's culture wars.
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- mernst
- 27-02-24
Exemplary
Never read a book quite like it. Uplifting, revealing, fascinating. Want to listen to it all over again.
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