The Enduring Spirit of Hesiod’s Poetry
Hesiod: Theogony; Works and Days. Hesiod with C.S. Morrissey, trans. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2012. Speaking of the need to read an author in his original language, Eric…
Oakeshott on Rome and America
Oakeshott on Rome and America. Eugene Callahan. Charlottesville, VA: Imprint Academic, 2012. Oakeshott’s critique of Rationalism is the most famous part of his corpus and also…
Revelation, Community, and Corrupt Scholarship from Conversations
The following is a transcript of a discussion held at the Thomas More Institute on November 9, 1970. Participants were Eric Voegelin, Erin O'Connor, Charlottee Tansey, and…
The Tilo Schabert Thesis
The Primacy of Persons in Politics: Empiricism & Political Philosophy. John von Heyking and Thomas Heilke, eds. Washington, D.C: The Catholic University of America, 2013. This…
The Role of Dogma in History from Conversations
The following is a transcript of a discussion held at the Thomas More Institute on November 9, 1970. Participants were Eric Voegelin, Erin O'Connor, Charlottee Tansey, and…
The Man Who Read The O.E.D.
A few years ago, an American author named Ammon Shea undertook a project admirable, in part, and in part puzzling.Mr. Shea had always been fond of dictionaries.…
The Limits of Modern Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism Today The word cosmopolitan implies that the world itself can be regarded as a polis or political community and that it is possible for the human…
Explaining the Universe with Physics from Conversations
The following is a transcript of a discussion held at the Thomas More Institute on November 9, 1970. Participants were Eric Voegelin, Erin O'Connor, Charlottee Tansey, and…