THE MINERVAN REPUBLIC (MINVRA) celebrates the path of human struggle to wisdom in life, encouraging us to adopt balance: a sincere martial attitude towards life, that sustains strong spiritual and moral discipline, with a soulful and genuine love of ancient wisdom, life, art and education.
We are lovers of wisdom and protectors of the People and encourage this attitude in the citizen. We develop and learn to be wise to the abuses of power, and we study POWER — from the world of Man to the world of gods.
Ovid, the Roman poet expresses this beautifully in Fausti when it was written:
“I reigned in days when earth could bear with gods, and divinities moved freely in the abodes of men. The sin of mortals had not yet put Justice to flight (she was the last of the celestials to forsake the earth): honour’s self, not fear, ruled the people without appeal to force: toil there was none to expound the right to righteous men. I had naught to do with war: guardian was I of peace and doorways, and these,” quoth he, showing the key, “these be the arms I bear.” The god now closed his lips. Then I thus opened mine, using my voice to lure the voice divine.”
OVID, FAUSTI BOOK I