What We’re Reading
John Milton, Paradise Lost. The greatest epic of the English language, Milton’s Paradise Lost is a grand tapestry of humanity caught in the storm clouds of the…
Why Does My Dog Have to Die?: The Problem of Suffering Through the Eyes of Children
Author’s Note: While the anecdotes in this essay are real experiences I have had as a teacher, all of the students’ names and some of the identifying…
In the Forest at Dawn
Behind dark leaves, its velvet shines – hints, streaks. It stratifies night's margins, almost undefines the darkness, stealing without noise. Now tawny striae slip across trunks of…
Civic Duties
Perched cardinals dress the cold woods like roses. A stag lays lifeless by the oak grove. His heart rests in my bloodstained hands. He will feed my…
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An Indispensable Study for Political History and Thought
Marcel Gauchet’s four-volume series, L'Avènement de la démocratie (The Advent of Democracy), stands as a towering contribution to political thought, providing a detailed and nuanced exploration of…
Oswald Spengler’s Romantic Realism
Oswald Spengler (1880–1936) stands as one of the greatest cultural philosophers of the modern age. His seminal work, The Decline of the West, became a spectacular success,…
Abandon All Hope: Dante and the Problems of Hell
“To mortal eyes our justice seems unjust; that this is so, should serve as evidence for faith—not heresy’s depravity.” – Beatrice (Paradiso IV) “If we once admit…
Maundy Thursday
Lamps burning low in the evening cold, In an upper room they sit down to eat, He washes clean their feet, love’s service told, Before their betrayal…
What is Now
What is now, is not this Only, but is all time, All places – with those Ahead and those behind In one – and so now too…
Jonathan Leshnoff’s Violin Concerto No. 2
In his memoir A Republic, If You Can Keep It, United States Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch argued that legal documents should be written so that the…
First Things Podcast: “The Truth is in the Classics”
On November 14, First Things published a podcast episode with VOEGELINVIEW editor Paul Krause on his book Finding Arcadia: Wisdom, Truth, and Love in the Classics. The…
Things to Hope For
“I fear we are not getting rid of God because we still believe in grammar.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche “Postmodernism” is an odd term. Indeed, it is…
In Memoriam: The Last Poems by Glenn Hughes
The passing of Glenn "Chip" Hughes comes at a great loss to the Eric Voegelin Society and VOEGELINVIEW. Chip was a great friend of the journal and…
Glenn Arthur “Chip” Hughes: In Memoriam
Philosopher, political theorist, literary scholar, poet, and musician Glenn Arthur “Chip” Hughes passed into eternity on November 6 due to complications of cancer and stroke. With undergraduate…