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  "path": "/2026/05/15/a-model-for-understanding-and-confronting-western-decline/",
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  "textContent": "Essays and Dramas: An Inquiry into Passions Engendered by the Idea of Reason Paul C. Johnston New Atlantic Media, 2025, 188 pages, $20.00 paperback The work under review here seeks to offer models for understanding ourselves and the trajectory of our civilization. These are complicated matters, which is why models are necessary. A model is […]",
  "title": "A Model for Understanding and Confronting Western Decline"
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