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French metaphysician who converted to Sufism in Cairo and founded perennialist Traditionalism, he condemns the modern world, egalitarianism and democracy in the name of primordial Tradition, initiatic hierarchy and esotericism.
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René Guénon leans further toward biology than 99% of the 612 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Technology is where René Guénon stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, René Guénon sits practically at the catalog median.
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A current of René Guénon and Julius Evola that sees modernity as the decay of a universal spiritual tradition, defending sacred hierarchy, castes, initiatory order and the primacy of spirit over economics and mass politics.
Aristotle's political philosophy, defending a mixed constitution of monarchical, aristocratic and popular elements to avoid both tyranny and radical democracy, reserving full citizenship for those with virtue, property and the education to deliberate.
Current that joins radical ecology, authoritarianism and organic nationalism, defending population control, environmental preservation imposed by the state and the subordination of individual liberties to the survival of the national community.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian34%
A Greek philosopher, Aristotle formulated a political vision centered on the polis, civic virtue, and mixed government, defending moderate private property, natural hierarchy, and moral education as the foundations of common life.
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