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“Chivalry is first and foremost the worldview of fighting men, and I am convinced that the decline of the gentlemanly ideal has occurred at least in part because men really are flabby—physically and spiritually.”

Men Philosophy Society Ideals Masculinity Chivalry

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“The egalitarianism that is the most offensive is the notion, whether embodied in opinion or law, that every way of behaving is as good as any other and that the man who stands apart by reason of his dignity, restraint, and discernment is somehow an Enemy of the People”

Men Philosophy Society Dignity Masculinity Chivalry Egalitarianism

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“I do confess that I bring to the study of history the prejudices born of my experiences and imagination—who doesn’t—but I will not admit that this disqualifies me from seeing some bit of the truth about the past, even if only a bit.”

Philosophy Truth Education History Society

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“a gentleman today—however we may characterize him—may find his environment less congenial to his temperament.”

Philosophy Society Gentleman Gentlemen Brad Miner The Compleat Gentleman

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“A gentleman, I hope it will become clear, is not simply a man who stands apart. He is a man who stands up for others—sometimes even for his enemies—often when those others have no clue that he is there for them.”

Society Gentleman Masculinity Chivalry Brad Miner The Compleat Gentleman

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“Societal civility is the extension and expansion of individual gallantry: it’s all about—or ought to be about—balance and restraint”

Philosophy Society Balance Masculinity Civility Gallantry Brad Miner The Compleat Gentleman

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“Chivalry was more an ambition than an accomplishment, but—and this is the important thing—it was the common ambition of increasing numbers of men, and it had the effect of elevating and concretizing their civil righteousness. Religion also did this.”

Religion Society Ambition Accomplishment Philosophy Quotes Masculinity Civility Chivalry

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“It is remarkable that chivalry, no matter how actual or merely aspirational it was in its own day, appeared when it did—that it appeared at all!”

History Society Chivalry Brad Miner The Compleat Gentleman

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“Chivalry combined military, religious, and social concepts into a unified way of life.”

Philosophy Religion History Society Masculinity Chivalry Brad Miner The Compleat Gentleman

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“There is a worldwide longing for civility.”

Humanity Society Chivalry The Compleat Gentleman

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“The cherished assumption in teaching has always been that truth is what matters, and until the last decade no one would have thought the truth should be denied because some consider it offensive or ‘triggering.”

Philosophy Truth Education Society Teaching Offensive

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

“Some overly enthusiastic feminists have suggested a fundamental bias in the word—and in the process it represents—and have enjoyed proclaiming their account of women in the past as herstory. But “history” comes from Middle English histoire, which is exactly the modern French word for both “history” and “story,” and before that from Latin and Greek—all languages in which “his” is not the masculine personal pronoun. But wordplay among contemporary academic theorists works whether or not it’s true, and this is simply a lie.”

Philosophy Truth Language Education History Society Feminism

Book:Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

Source: Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry

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