On The Fourth Type: Rebuilding Civilization Beyond Barbarian, Philistine, and Populace

Why the Modern West Needs a New Sovereign Class Capable of Order, Judgment, and Renewal

“Culture is the effort to know the best and to make it prevail.” - Matt Arnold

Matthew Arnold once divided English society into Barbarians, Philistines, and the Populace. He did this not as an exercise in class snobbery, but as a moral diagnosis. He wanted to show that the visible shape of a civilization is determined less by its wealth than by the quali…