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On The War For Order

Girard, Augustine, and the End of Modern Desire

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Richard L. Johnson
Jun 29, 2025
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“If no one questions me, I know: if I would explain to a questioner, I know not.” - Augustine.

RESTLESS DESIRE

In every civilization’s final phase, there arises a strange convergence of anxiety and anticipation. Our age is no exception. In a time saturated with images and exhausted by ideologies, the modern West has become obsessed with its own collapse.…

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