Dr Johnson observed that ‘men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.’ The West is at the dead end of its long, misguided experiment in liberalism — the idea that each man ought to be looked upon not as a member of a family but primarily as an individual. We need reminding that the family comes first.
So now that I’ve nearly finished my lesson recordings for my marriage coaching program, I’m considering writing a book — here on Substack — aimed at recovering and presenting afresh the rich tradition of writing on the family rather than the individual as the fundamental unit of society.
No succinct outline of this material is available. Yet ‘not to know what has been transacted in former times,’ he says, recalling Cicero, ‘is to continue always a child.’
The goal would be to keep it as concise as possible. I’d like to get your thoughts on this brief outline of it as 8 essays of 5,000 words each: