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January 23rd, 2008    

ERIC    VOEGELIN

Life Mask of Eric Voegelin

Philosopher of History
(1901-1985)

 

































  Photo Essay
from the Eric Voegelin Society Annual Meeting in Chicago,
September 2nd to September 5th, 2004.








 Then there was

  the Berghoff
Restaurant on Friday, Sept. 3rd.





















 Photo Essay
from the Eric Voegelin Society Annual Meeting in Boston, August
29th to September 1st, 2002.






 Then there was

  The
Lighter Side in Boston















  Also See  Photos From EVS in
San Francisco, 2001.




 











 A Quote for the Season—



  When impetuous young men are repelled by the vulgarity of
democracy, Plato can point out to them that energy, pride, and
will to rule can indeed establish the despotism of a spiritually
corrupt elite, but not a just government; and when democrats rave
about freedom and equality and forget that government requires
spiritual training and intellectual discipline, he can warn them
that they are on the way to tyranny.

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The materials reproduced here, except where otherwise
indicated, are reprinted from The Collected Works of Eric
Voegelin, Vols. 1-34, by permission of the University of Missouri
Press. Copyright © 1989-2007 by the Curators of the University of
Missouri.

















 









  A Few Comments about the Site













My Autographed Copy of The New Science of Politics 


 The frontispiece of my autographed copy of  The New
Science of Politics .






  As an undergraduate at Notre Dame more than
forty years ago, I enrolled in a political science survey course
entitled "The New Science of Politics." The professor
was visiting from Munich and his little book
bearing the same title, was the class text. It immediately became
apparent that this man was different from any other teacher I had
ever had. His breadth of knowledge, his depth of understanding,
his clear exposition and his passion for truth affected me in
many ways. 













 So how does an amateur express his appreciation
for what Eric Voegelin has done? I thought it would be good to
put some of his more memorable insights here for those who might
be interested. Perhaps some will want to read his books.



  Eric Voegelin usually presented both theoretical
analysis and characterization of individuals in the same study. I
have sometimes presented only one, as in his characterization of
Voltaire.



  To assist the reader, a Bibliographic
Key has been prepared for the volumes referred to at the
end of each quotation.  Clicking on the link will take you
to the Bibliography Key.  Once in the bibliography, clicking
on the book title will take you to its table of contents.
Likewise all the volume indexes may be searched by clicking on
the link.  Or they may be searched directly at the Index
List page.



   I have taken
the liberty to break up very long paragraphs into shorter ones so
they will be more easily read in the web format.



  In the newly published correspondence between
Voegelin and the great literary critic Robert B. Heilman, the
latter offers a nice
appreciation of Voegelin's literary gifts. 




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