Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

It is not where mythological allusions disappear that the Greek imprint is wiped away; it is where the limits of the human are forgotten. Es...

When he is stripped of the Christian tunic and the classical toga, there is nothing left of the European but a pale-skinned barbarian. Escol...

The disappearance of the peasantry and of the classical humanities ruptured the continuity with the past. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Sel...

The circus factions were not political parties; today’s political parties are circus factions. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p....

Even for Buddhist compassion, the individual is only a shadow that vanishes. The dignity of the individual is a Christian cast made out of ...

Sensuality is a cultural legacy of the ancient world. Societies where the Greco-Roman legacy is being wiped out, or where it does not exist...

There is always a Thermopylae in which to die. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 290

Christianity, when it abolishes its ancient liturgical languages, degenerates into strange, uncouth sects. Once contact is broken with Gree...

Modern stupidities are more irritating than ancient stupidities because their proselytes seek to justify them in the name of reason. Escolio...

Either we learn from Greek tragedy how to read human history, or we never learn how to read it. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p...

The ancients saw in the historical or mythical hero, in Alexander or in Achilles, the standard of human life. The great man was paradigmatic...