Why Musicians Need Philosophy
Not as much, I grant, as philosophers need music, but nevertheless the need is real. In the past our musical culture had secure foundations in the church,…
Not as much, I grant, as philosophers need music, but nevertheless the need is real. In the past our musical culture had secure foundations in the church,…
It is strange to read back what I had written four years ago and see how little has changed in our political climate except for the cast…
In the opening paragraphs of his renowned After Virtue (1981), Alasdair MacIntyre shares with us the vision of a world in which discourse has been disconnected from…
John Selden and the Western Tradition. Ofir Haivry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Beyond the circles of specialists in legal and political theory and history who…
“Liberalism has failed—not because it fell short, but because it was true to itself. It has failed because it has succeeded,” writes Notre Dame political philosopher Patrick…
Abstract[1] This paper focuses on what Voegelin’s text The New Science of Politics and what he calls “unrestrained modernity” alongside an exploration of the problem of infinity…
Alexandre Kojève is one of Hegel’s most widely read commentators in the Western world, and his influence in the 20th and 21st centuries was immense. Behind the…
The criticism of European modernity and its intellectual developments have long been haunting the Western intellect. Perhaps the first most vigilant observer of encroaching modernity was Pascal,…
Devoted to the revitalization of teaching and understanding of Eric Voegelin’s work and the fundamental expressions of human civilization in culture, philosophy, education, science, and politics, VoegelinView…
Another World of Longing I end my musical-cosmological reflection with a piece of music that depicts the world as a certain kind of music, polyphony. It is…
From Divine Circles to the Wheel of Ixion: Music in a World of Woe The first and main volume of The World as Will and Representation is…
“Music, too, is nature.” —Victor Zuckerkandl, Sound and Symbol This lecture explores the differences between two perspectives on music: one ancient, one modern. The texts I…
Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy. Gregory M. Collins. Cambridge University Press, 2020. It can only be fortunate for us and the future of…
The Eric Voegelin Institute invites you to a series of conversations on "American Revolution: Radical or Conservative?" Harvey Mansfield, "The Right of Revolution Today" -- Tuesday, March…
James MacGregor Burns concluded his 1978 classic on Leadership by stating, "In real life the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns,…