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Podcast #258: Honor, Courage, Thumos, and Plato’s Idea of Greek Manliness
I’m a classics guy, so the ancient Greeks and Romans inform a lot of my ideas about what manliness ...
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Manvotional: The Ladder of St. Augustine
The Ladder of St. Augustine By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of ...
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Be Your Own Tyrant: John D. Rockefeller’s Keys to Success
By age 25 John D. Rockefeller controlled one of the largest oil refineries in the nation. By age 31 he ...
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Podcast #243: Becoming a Barbarian
Four years ago, my guest today published what has become an underground cult classic on ...
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A Eulogy for My Grandfather, William D. Hurst
Editor's Note: Last week my grandfather, who was my last living grandparent and a big inspiration in my ...
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Manvotional: The Character of a Soldier
Editor's note: The following excerpt was included in FM 21-13, an Army field manual published in 1952. ...
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Descriptions of Manliness: Philippe Viannay
Editor’s Note: It’s hard to describe manliness in isolation -- that is, apart from the flesh and ...
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When Christianity Was Muscular
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Manvotional: Life’s Challenge
"Running Away from Life" From Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing, 1918 By Arnold ...
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The Feminization of Christianity
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Is Christianity an Inherently Feminine Religion?
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Christianity’s Manhood Problem: An Introduction
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Manvotional: Jack London on Developing a Philosophy of Life
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an article Jack London wrote for a journal on writing. But ...
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Manvotional: The Happy Habit of Living for the Day Only
Editor's note: The following excerpt has been condensed from the original. From "A Way of Life" ...
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Podcast #208: Trout Fishing, Boredom, and the Meaning of Life
Fishing has been used in both film and literature as a backdrop for coming-of-age stories (e.g. A ...
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Courage Vs. Boldness: How to Live With Spartan Bravery
What causes one culture to flourish while another flounders? Why do some civilizations reach great ...
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Manvotional: A Man’s Religion Is the Chief Fact About Him
From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in Society, 1840 By Thomas Carlyle It is well ...
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Manvotional: The Maxims of Wabasha I, Sioux Chief
Editor's Note: Wabasha -- or Wapasha -- I (1718-1806) was a American Indian warrior and the ...
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Descriptions of Manliness: Jack London
Editor’s Note: It’s hard to describe manliness in isolation — that is, apart from the flesh and ...
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9 Things a Grown Man Can Learn From the Hardy Boys
If you are a red-blooded male who came of age sometime in the last 90 years, chances are you grew up with ...
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