Dr. Manfred Henningsen, who edited, MODERNITY WITHOUT RESTRAINT (CW VOL 5), has recently recorded his recollections concerning EV's sense of humor. He has...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Aug 17, 2001 12:41 pm
Perhaps some will be interested to learn that the cumulative index for Vols 1-8 of the History of Political Ideas (CW 19-26) has now been added to my webpage...
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S. Barret Dolph
white129@...
Aug 19, 2001 7:45 am
Dear all, Maybe I am slow but I can't figure out how much it costs to attend the conference in September. Also, for those who usually attend how long do...
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S. Barret Dolph
white129@...
Aug 19, 2001 8:15 am
Thanks for the recommendation. It is truly a helpful book. Cordially, S. Barret Dolph Taipei Taiwan...
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Daniel Madden
bottom_weaver@...
Aug 19, 2001 9:47 am
Is the book being discussed the same as was refrenced in OH1, _Das Formgeschichtliche Problem des Hexateuchs_? If so, does anyone know if an Engish...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Aug 19, 2001 12:55 pm
You must pay two fees. You must join APSA, but you may do so as an associate member, paying $39.00. See https://www.apsanet.org/about/membership-form-1.cfm ...
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chip sills
chipsills@...
Aug 19, 2001 4:54 pm
To all those fortunate enough to be planning to attend the APSA convention and especially the Voegelin memorial, greetings and best wishes. Could I have been...
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evonabele@...
Aug 19, 2001 10:37 pm
Does anyone here know Prof. Pierre Erny? I'd appreciate any information from members here about him and his work. - Erich...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Aug 28, 2001 11:02 pm
Bill McClain has agreed to act as listserve moderator while the Voegelin Society meets in San Francisco from Wednesday through Sunday. Fritz Wagner...
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Harter, Nathan W.
nharter@...
Aug 28, 2001 11:42 pm
While the cat's away... :) Have a great time in California. Nathan Harter ... From: Frederick Wagner [mailto:fwagner@...] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Sep 4, 2001 6:11 am
The annual meeting of the Eric Voegelin Society concluded Sunday and I have just put up a page of photos for your enjoyment. The URL is:...
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S. Barret Dolph
white129@...
Sep 4, 2001 7:30 am
It was quite a pleasure to attend the conference in SF. I have managed to add much work to my already busy schedule as a result of the many discussions held...
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FMasingill@...
Sep 4, 2001 5:17 pm
In a message dated 9/4/01 1:12:18 AM Central Daylight Time, fwagner@... ... Thanks for the pictures, Fritz. They and the commentary accompanying them were...
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evonabele@...
Sep 5, 2001 1:00 am
I'd appreciate it if someone could identify this citation from Goethe, defining "apperçu" as the "sudden realization of what really underlies appearances"....
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G Ellis Sandoz
esandoz@...
Sep 5, 2001 3:49 pm
Erich: EV referenced Leibniz for this usage as I recall. It is a term that contrasts perception of sensory experience with the apperception/apprehension of...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Sep 5, 2001 7:47 pm
I am reposting Jack Elliott's message of May 25th regarding the U. of Mo. sale on EV books. I ordered some books yesterday and the sale is still on until ...
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Richard Geldard
rgeldard@...
Sep 6, 2001 3:24 pm
One and All: In the aftermath, or perhaps afterglow, of the Thursday Voegelin Celebration, I wanted to respond to a general discussion (cut short alas) on the...
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G Ellis Sandoz
esandoz@...
Sep 6, 2001 4:22 pm
As far as I know the most potent statement by EV on substantive evil is in the Cambridge preface to POLITICAL RELIGIONS, given in English in CW5, p. 24. This...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Sep 6, 2001 5:41 pm
I read the passages cited by Ellis and I am somewhat surprised. I would have thought Voegelin viewed evil as the result of a deprivation or defect alone. But...
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Bill McClain
wmcclain@...
Sep 6, 2001 6:28 pm
... I don't have that book. The most relevant passage I can find is in the last paragraph in the Achaemenian Empire section of OH1: "The conversion, on the one...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Sep 6, 2001 7:45 pm
Actually, the OED is useful here. The Chambers Cyclopedia Supplement of 1753 says: Adperception in the Leibnitzian style, denotes the act whereby the mind...
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Richard Geldard
rgeldard@...
Sep 6, 2001 7:57 pm
Thanks for these useful contributions. Elaine Pagels contends in her "Origin of Satan" that the vision of a cosmic struggle between good and evil was the...
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FMasingill@...
Sep 6, 2001 8:02 pm
In a message dated 9/6/01 10:28:05 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I cannot conceive of Voegelin "wrestling with the devil" in his study or anywhere else. The...
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G Ellis Sandoz
esandoz@...
Sep 6, 2001 8:24 pm
Bill: When God talks to Moses out of the thornbush I call that supernatural, for example. I don't see EV contradicting or down-playing that as authentic ...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Sep 6, 2001 8:56 pm
... One of the participants in the Pizzakreis raised the question of whether Voegelin accepted the possibility of miracles or only considered them as examples...
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Mark Theodoropoulos
mtheo@...
Sep 7, 2001 7:07 am
... Good news: the papers presented at the Eric Voegelin Society meeting are freely available through the APSA's web-based "PROceedings" project. The site is...
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Bill McClain
wmcclain@...
Sep 7, 2001 9:29 am
... Sure, but those things occur in human consciousness and human beings cause the historical consequences. By "supernatural" and "miraculous" I meant such...
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Charles Embry
charles_embry@...
Sep 7, 2001 12:00 pm
I don't know if EV ever wrestled with the devil. I don't see why it should be precluded however. There is, of course, a problem with what does "wrestling...
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Frederick Wagner
fwagner@...
Sep 7, 2001 2:14 pm
Adam and Eve, the temptation, and the fall constitute a complex of mythic symbols that explains our tendency to do evil and our inability to be free of that...
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Bill McClain
wmcclain@...
Sep 7, 2001 3:26 pm
... I'm not sure I follow. That myth has been abolished. To be effective, a myth would have to be more than an instructive fable, but a tale that we really...
