“Civilization comes at a cost of manliness. It comes at a cost of wildness, of risk, of strife. It comes at a cost of strength, of courage, of mastery. It comes at a cost of honor. Increased civilization exacts a toll of virility, forcing manliness into further redoubts of vicariousness and abstraction.” MenRiskHonorCivilizationCostMasteryManhoodStrifeAbstractionTollsWildnessManliness Author:Jack Donovan
“Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them, no 'higher' virtues can be entertained. You need to be alive to philosophize. You can add to these virtues and you can create rules and moral codes to govern them, but if you remove them from the equation altogether you aren't just leaving behind the virtues that are specific to men, you are abandoning the virtues that make civilization possible.” IfsMenWorldNeedsBehindsMoralVirtueAliveHigherHonorCivilizationFundamentalsAddLeavingCodeRemoveMasteryManhoodEquationsAlphasCourage StrengthMoral Code Author:Jack Donovan