The Humanistic Horsemanship of Micolo and Nicola Galli
“Micolo” is an Italian word that echoes mica, meaning “a tiny amount.” Yet Micolo was also the name of a…
Monday 9 March 2026
«e nadi contra suberna»
Arnaut Daniel, the Limousin troubadour honoured by Dante in De Vulgari Eloquentia and proclaimed—through the voice of Guido Guinizzelli, in line 117 of Canto XXVI of the Purgatorio—“the better craftsman of the mother tongue”, once described himself in these words:
“Jeu sui Arnautz que amas l’aura
E chass la lievra ab lo bou
E nadi contra suberna.”
Translated from Provençal, these lines read:
“I am Arnaut, who gathers the wind,
who hunts the hare with the ox,
and swims against the current.”
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“E nadi contra suberna”
“And swims against the current”
is the motto of Filippo Brusa’s website—a journalist who deliberately moves against the current of dominant narratives, pursuing truth against all forms of censorship, challenging the hypocrisy of political correctness, and resisting the suppression of dissent imposed by “mainstream thinking” and the pervasive logic of cancel culture. It is for these purposes that he founded Rivincere
“Jeu sui Arnautz que amas l’aura
E chass la lievra ab lo bou
E nadi contra suberna.”
Translated from Provençal, these lines read:
“I am Arnaut, who gathers the wind,
who hunts the hare with the ox,
and swims against the current.”
–––
“E nadi contra suberna”
“And swims against the current”
is the motto of Filippo Brusa’s website—a journalist who deliberately moves against the current of dominant narratives, pursuing truth against all forms of censorship, challenging the hypocrisy of political correctness, and resisting the suppression of dissent imposed by “mainstream thinking” and the pervasive logic of cancel culture. It is for these purposes that he founded Rivincere
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