Recovery of the Life of Reason and Its Modern Deformations
The unfolding of noetic consciousness in the psyche of the classic philosophers is not an "idea," or a "tradition," but an event in the history of mankind.…
The unfolding of noetic consciousness in the psyche of the classic philosophers is not an "idea," or a "tradition," but an event in the history of mankind.…
ERIC VOEGELIN: I would like to raise one problem as briefly as possible, the one I consider most essential, namely, the organization of a "good society" for…
As the title for today's lecture in the context of “The Meaning of History," I have chosen “The Beyond and Its Parousia." You know, of course, where…
"War and battle" are the opening words of Plato's Gorgias, and the declaration of war against the corrupt society is its content. Gorgias, the famous teacher of…
We have spoken metaphorically of the cancerous growth of the rational-utilitarian segment in modern civilization. We now must go beyond the metaphor and indicate the concrete sentiments…
One can do nothing at all with a textbook definition of democracy, which again is only a cliche. It is no use to you to know that…
Politics is indeed melodrama, if politics is understood as a relation between friend and foe; as a compulsion to take sides in a struggle for power. Insofar…
It surprises me as a newcomer to this circle that entrepreneurs have been apparently forced onto the defensive by an image of the entrepreneur whose characteristics come…
History as a humane study is defined by Toynbee as a concern with the lives of civilizational societies in both their internal and external aspects: "The internal…
The transition from the transcendent to the immanent view can be traced in each aspect of the life problem . . . . We now turn to…
The task of sketching the history of liberalism, although modest, is for methodological reasons difficult.1 For we stand before the question of whether there is even such…
I dealt with the Evangelical Church the previous time. Now we must concern ourselves with the Catholic Church. I put the Evangelical Church first, not only because…
Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for your kind introduction. Ladies and gentlemen. The subject matter of these lectures is supposed to be "Deformations of Faith." The…
The French revolt paralleling Hume's critique of reason came through Montesquieu (1689-1755). Again a new set of problems was opened that could not be covered by the…
While the new order [the secular settlements following the religious upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries] appeared roseate in the "Myth of Reason and Nature" to…