I quote Nicolás Gómez Dávila many times on these pages for a multitude of reasons.
First off, I read him even before I became a Christian, back in 2013. At that time, I was mostly interested in his anti-technology stance and critique of the modern world. This viewpoint was once shared even among what was known as the “left”—not just Adorno. The lesser known Marxist Günther Anders—son of the psychologist Wilhelm Stern—wrote a two volume work concerning this subject.
More importantly, though, he was a Catholic holding to an anti-sex worldview;
married with three children—unlike genius Kierkegaard, for whom he exclusively
learnt Danish!
This is not that common—the only contemporary Christian author I know
of with similar views is
Andy Nowicki. Who
also happens to hold Kierkegaard in high regard.
His rejection of Vatican II is more popular, but his skepticism towards theology as a whole is a minority position, especially among Catholics. Interestingly, Vox Day even shares the latter view (theology is opinion)— though Don Colacho did not think highly of Thomism; which, however, may be the case for Vox Day as well, given that he sees Aquinas not as a theologian but a Christian philosopher.
Modern man does not know how to caress anyway, he copulates beastly then hops to the next, enslaved by vulgarity. Don Colacho, on the other hand, was married for almost sixty years! According to his grandson, an architect and son of daughter Rosa Emilia, Gómez Dávila always treated his wife with the same kindndess, even though she was in an irritable mood often. “He almost worshipped her,” his grandson remarked not without amazement.
It is therefore of little value to send mails with single escolios, since
a cursory reading of his work will appear as if Gómez Dávila contradicts
even himself. It just proves my point that people usually have no point,
though.
PS: my father is a self-obsessed, psychopathic asshole, a piece of genetic trash.