As 1981 Begins, Eyes on Poland – Folha de S. Paulo, December 31, 1980
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira In these days when the year turns, I turn to consider the situation in Poland. This topic is quite thought-provoking. Among the complex issues it raises, some may prove crucial to many events in the upcoming year. For instance, what exactly is the socio-economic model that the main […]
Cut, Ask, Meditate – Folha de S. Paulo, December 2, 1980
Such is the inherent authority of thought in all human affairs that man cannot tolerate conflict with it for long. Either he chooses to be guided by his reasoning and finds the right way, or he twists his thinking to justify his actions and falls into the abyss. That’s why most non-Marxist historians see the history of thought as the main thread in mankind’s history. Today, however, the number of people who simply don’t think is increasing every day—not those who are right or wrong, but those who just don’t think.
Raise awareness, raise awareness… – Folha de S. Paulo, November 17, 1980
USA – The elections – The poor are giving the leftist rich a very great lesson in common sense.
Lots and Lots to Read – Folha de S. Paulo, November 1, 1980
Even when they are convenient and clever, a priori arguments don’t hold up under scrutiny.
Yesterday, So Long Ago – Folha de S. Paulo, October 25, 1980
Each shock seizes the present so completely, with such vehemence, that the mind is carried on the black wings of apprehension toward a hostile future, and the past vanishes from view. When it finally returns, it is so faded and torn that it resembles a shapeless bundle of rags—nothing like the once-pleasant bouquet of forget-me-nots.
Obey in Order to be Free – Folha de S. Paulo, September 20, 1980
The third article of this True Devotion to Our Lady Trilogy
Service, a Joy – Folha de S. Paulo, September 13, 1980
Imagine then that to your spirit – bruised by life, calloused or even wounded, hot with fever – one of those figures appears about which your childhood innocence, dead now for many years, used to dream. A queen, all majestic and smiling, leads you by the hand into the rays of radiant, peaceful, rainbow-colored light surrounding her in an effort to help you.
To You, Dear Atheist – Folha de S. Paulo, August 31, 1980
In today’s scanty moments of leisure, on the contrary, it is the neurotic tumult of disappointments, worries, wild ambitions and exacerbated weariness that rise to the surface. And over this tumult hovers an overwhelming, leaden, and obscure question: “What am I living for?”
Five ‘Pills’ – Folha de S. Paulo, August 23, 1980
Is Brazil becoming a tragic Babel without a tower, summit, or even a clear center… just a whirlpool?
Back to the Tower of Babel? – Folha de S. Paulo, August 12, 1980
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Old, 1563 — Museum Kunsthistorisches, Wien Flawless concord, perfect and eternal peace among all men, all nations, and all doctrines, and complete happiness are not of this world. In this land of exile, shortages, dissensions, and catastrophes are inevitable. And because they are inevitable, a Christian vision […]