Natural Law
Natural law is both a moral and legal theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and therefore has validity everywhere.…
Reflections on Aristotle’s Politics
Reflections on Aristotle’s Politics. Mogens Herman Hansen, Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2013. Reflections on Aristotle’s Politics is another innovative and interesting work by Mogens Herman Hansen…
Aristotle on the Nature of Community
Aristotle on the Nature of Community. Adriel M. Trott. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Adriel M. Trott’s Aristotle on the Nature of the Community examines…
Reason’s Dark Champions
Reason's Dark Champions: Constructive Strategies of Sophistic Argument. Christopher W. Tindale. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. Christopher W. Tindale’s book traces the reputation,…
Our List of Christmas Holiday Readings and Books of the Year for 2016
Brought to you by the friends of and contributors to Voegelinview! Jacqueline Pfeffer-Merrill (Fund for Academic Renewal) Dickens' other fine Christmas pieces besides A Christmas Carol…
Peter Emberley (1956-2016): In Memoriam
Peter Emberley died in Ottawa, Ontario on November 30, 2016, of a neurodegenerative disorder called Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). The cause of DLB is unknown and…
Politics, Philosophy, Writing: Plato’s Art of Caring for Souls
Politics, Philosophy, Writing: Plato's Art of Caring for Souls. Zdravko Planinc, ed. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. Too often Plato's dialogues are presented according to…
The Whole Story: Eric Voegelin on the Song of Hesiod
According to the philosopher Eric Voegelin, there are no more than four fundamental modes of theoretical speculation. Voegelin identifies these four fundamental modes as: cosmogony, anthropogony, theogony,…
Eros, Wisdom, and Silence: Plato’s Erotic Dialogues
Eros, Wisdom, and Silence: Plato's Erotic Dialogues. James M. Rhodes. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2003. Although his name and his disciples have dominated American political…
Cosmopolitanism: Citizens Without States?
While our political and cultural elites debate about what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants in this country, it may be worthwhile to pause for…
The Election Concerning Technology
No one is obliged to take part in the spiritual crises of society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid the folly and live his life…