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How to Save a Culture

Confronting the Catastrophic Downfall of Western Excellence

Feb 08, 2024
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel’s quaint adoration of the Western spirit, “le culte de la chose bien faite,” is laughably naive and outmoded in today’s context. Let’s get real here: the Western obsession with efficiency and precision, once the backbone of its superiority, has degenerated into a farcical shadow of its former glory. Amiel, trapped in the 19th centur…

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