Cicero and Cultural Confidence

By Gerald Therrien Imagine that you are sitting in the great chamber of the Senate, and one Senator, in imitation of the Roman Cato, ends every speech demanding that “Russia Must Be Destroyed”. But soon another Senator, in imitation of the Roman Corculum, speaks that “Russia Must Be Saved”, because if Russia is destroyed, then…

Paolo Sarpi: The Key to Modern Science

A standard presentation of the Scientific Revolution would start with Nicolaus Copernicus’s heliocentric model, continue with the work of Galileo Galilei and Robert Boyle, among others, and culminate with Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion. During this period, a radical change in the philosophy underlying how science was to be…

Kepler’s Platonic Revolution – A new workshop series begins

On May 3, 2023 The Rising Tide Foundation weekly study group began to work through the metaphysics of the astronomer Johannes Kepler by beginning book 4 of his Harmonies of the World (downloadable here) which saw Kepler introduce his devotion to the Platonic method that lay at the heart of his revolutionary discoveries. As we learned…

From the Beautiful to the Sublime: On Schiller’s “The Guides of Life”

By David Gosselin Two kinds of genius may escort you throughout life.True Goodness falls on him who lets them lead as one.Beauty enlivens and makes brief the winding road;Duty and fate grow lighter with her by your side—She leads with gracefulness and laughter to the edge.And there, mortality waits by eternal seas.There, you’ll discover the Sublime—daring and…

Sergei Rachmaninoff Re-Envisioned for the Twenty-First Century

On Saturday, April 1, the Russian History Museum commemorated the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth with an online lecture by Dr. Valeria Z. Nollan. The lecture, “Sergei Rachmaninoff Re-Envisioned for the Twenty-First Century,” was presented as part of the Russian History Museum’s Second Saturday online lecture series. Nollan’s lecture was based on Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cross Rhythms of…

RTF Review: Ballet’s Secret Code

By Nicholas Jones Ballet’s secret code is a documentary about the Origins and principles behind Maestro Enrico Cecchetti’s lifetime of work and devotion to the Classical humanist art form: Ballet. Madam Julie Cronshaw takes us through the depths of his character, education and philosophy and his work as a Ballet Master under Diaghilev for the…