Power and Influence in an Organic Society

ORGANIC SOCIETY

Power & Influence

	The People & the Masses Rules on how the good can defeat the evil
	Personification of Principles *Part 1 -* The Phenomenon of Imitation in Society The medieval man was honored to serve and imitate his superiors *Part 2 -* The Noble, a Model to be Imitated Man naturally looks for models and examples, not abstract concepts *Part 3 -* The Role of Imitation in Pursuing Legitimate Pleasure How hunting became a pleasure for both nobles and peasants *Part 4 -* A Model for Others Must be a Slave of Principles The sacrifice of renouncing one's personal comforts
	Two Opposed Poles of Society: Prestige and Money The necessary mentality for the restoration of a Catholic society
	The Natural Candidate to Exercise Power Command naturally originates from service to community, not from wealth
	How Intermediary Societies Participate in the State Power Organic customs shape a region's culture and its personality
	Fostering the Originality of Each Social Cell The superior should not suppress a living reality
	Medieval Paternalism & Progressivist Neo-Slavery Comparing the medieval guilds to the modern labor system
	Power, Command & Influence Napoleon's fall resulted from the corrosion of his influence
	*Command versus* Influence** Through influence tennis shoes are being imposed on society
	A Missing Bourgeois Elite Failure of the monetary class to develop its own organic elite
	*What Is the Res Publica?* State, Nation, private & public interests explained in an easy way
	A Participative Society Even modest families have a voice in society
	Different Types of Nobility Many ways for the bourgeoisie to ascend to nobility
	The Role of Economy in the Collapse of the Medieval Mentality Moral factors that change the structure of local economies
	The Grandeur of the King Dignifies the Cook The influence of Windsor Castle over the great & the small
	Leadership: Established by Generosity & Gratitude, Not a Social Contract Critique of the modern conception of power born from an exchange of interests
	The Steps of an Organic Relationship How friendhips form in a Catholic society