Absolute Space and Relativity
The loss of the concrete is substantially a spiritual disease. With the thinning out of faith into a reverential attitude toward symbols, the meaning of the symbols…
Human Dignity and Radical Stupidity
In the series of definitions of democracy I have just given you, I have focused on the question of being human or of not being human. Now…
Three Definitions of Democracy
First, the clichés of the State and of Democracy, clichés that must be removed if we wish to get hold of any kind of political problem at…
What Is the Metaxy? Diotima and Voegelin
The word “metaxy” (μεταξύ) is a Greek preposition, meaning “between.” Normally, Greek philosophers use “metaxy” much as we use “between” in numerous everyday settings, without great significance…