Dear Mr. McKane, Thank you. If there is an interest in this text I will try to provide it as a pdf-document, as soon as I find the time. Meanwhile: The...
I find this to be a very unusual issue. Episteme is for EV what it was for Plato. In brief: episteme is the body of ideas that can be said to be the most...
Thanks to Dr. Riedl for the interesting bit by Voegelin on the ambivalence of 'science'. As I understand it, one of the things distinguishing Vico's science...
Since the New Science was written and published in English and the intent quite evident to any reader, I assume Mr. Riedl's translation was intended for the...
For what it is worth, I was very intrigued by Harry Stille's introduction of the topic of rendition. But, I haven't seen the movie. Not being able to attend...
In addressing the issue of rendition (I haven't seen the movie) a good place to start in Voegelin is his chapter in HOPI on Vitoria. At least we could begin...
Thanks to Larry Chappell for his helpful observations. I will try to follow up on his recommendations. However, I wonder if it isn't the case that generic...
I haven't seen the movie. Torture is not a very straight forward question. You might torture someone to prevent your own children being murdered. Possibly to...
I accept the Machiavellian distinction between public and private morality that Voegelin invokes. That does not require me to jettison the entire tradition of...
I am going to respond to this post by taking each point in turn. ... I am not sure that I do. One must not underrate the power of prayer. What if, instead of...
I don't have much to say in response to Mr. Jackson's reveries other than to point out some obvious, some not-so-obvious things. Clearly Voegelin is not some...
... Fritz should be a bit careful making this statement. I was trained by good and dedicated political scientists of the behaviorist school at Ohio State,...
You really know how to hurt a guy. At least I can go down to the Varsity Club and kiss Woody's signed framed photograph. And Vic Janowitz's, too! Cordially, ...
Mr. Riggs wrote: "Clearly Voegelin is not some sort of mystic sage, whose writings one may consult for the keys to understand the issues of the day, as if one...
Anyone can have phronesis. Anyone can fail to have it. Why would anyone assume that President Bush is incapable of bad practical reasoning or that someone who...
I am not going to enter into some sort of extended debate about rendition or a session of dueling quotations about what Voegelin might think about it. What he...
Larry, I think if you reread what I had written, you will find it to be better balanced than your comments assert. But I will go even further here. No matter...
Larry wrote I have provided no evidence that I adhere to metaphysics of a liberal self. I am a defender of a liberal regime to which I am loyal, but that...
An excellent post Mr. Stille. EV would be proud of you. Some of the posters on evforum should be trying to escape with their tails between their legs. ... ...
Ah ... maybe it would be more worthwhile to tackle puzzles with no solution. J-P Sartre would be a good start. With this one can be certain that the nihilism...
That was quite a remarkable thing, ... Cut us some slack, I made it from "Coushatta Riot" land via almost four years of World War II (33 months overseas) to...
I wish that EV had made a few clarifications. In his discussion on early Israel he notes that the spirit of a people became a religion. In his discussion on...
Has anyone here formed an opinion of the sociologist Alfred von Martin? He is cited favorably by EV in conjunction with Coluccio Salutati on Caesar and...
Dear Mr. Pagnan, I do not know if these words were also addressed to me. In any case, I hope the forum is not about chasing away people who hold different ...
Dear Matthias Riedl, Speaking for myself, I greatly appreciate your additions to the EV forum, and surely hope that you will continue to share your insights....
The following discount info was passed on to me. Anyone looking to buy the whole CW set, less not-yet-published Vol 29, can have it at the price shown,...
What did EV think of Plotinus? Considering that Plotinus is generally considered the third of the great philosophers of classical antiquity, it seems that he...
I didn't keep invoices but I would estimate that as I purchased each volume in the set as it became available I probably paid a total of over $2,500.00 for the...
The Ohio State University has 45 EV titles, including most of the Collected Works. That's three times what they had a few years ago when I last looked....
