In most areas, Machiavelli and Erasmus disagree, but both adamantly warn princes against flatterers. Though medieval princes are rare in the present, warnings against flatterers may be more widely applicable than ever before because of AI.

Elizabeth Stice on genealogies of flattery

Schmitt’s interpretation of politics as fundamentally being a fight between friends and enemies may well, at its core, be correct. Yet, Schmitt’s trying to tie this claim to space is a failure which cannot be ignored.

Sam Mace on Carl Schmitt’s friend-enemy dichotomy

Flourishing consists of the realization of basic, natural goods constitutive of human personhood emerging from our nature as fully embodied souls.

Grant Martsolf sets the scope of The Savage Collective

What is Flourishing? What is good work?

Grant Martsolf and Brandon Daily introduce The Savage Collective