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Autobiographical Reflections
- Author
- Eric Voegelin
- Narrator
- Bernard Mayes
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2007
- Run Time
- 4 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.
The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed the intellectual foundation of the twentieth century. Voegelin’s personal recollections of these men provide fresh insight into their thought as well, as he discusses their contributions to his own philosophical development and to the consciousness of the age. In the course of these reminiscences emerges a portrait of a man of wit, courage, affability, and principle.
Critics Review
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“We are indeed fortunate that one of the twentieth century’s authentic titans in philosophy and history thought to set down his autobiographical reflections before his passing. It is hard to imagine a more lustrous and also engrossing memoir.”
Robert Nisbet
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“A valuable introduction for any student of Voegelin.”
Walker Percy
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Details
- Author
- Eric Voegelin
- Narrator
- Bernard Mayes
- Duration
- 4 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2007
- ISBN
- 9781481540612
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Memoirs, Medieval Western philosophy, Social and political philosophy
Synopsis
This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed the intellectual foundation of the twentieth century. Voegelin’s personal recollections of these men provide fresh insight into their thought as well, as he discusses their contributions to his own philosophical development and to the consciousness of the age. In the course of these reminiscences emerges a portrait of a man of wit, courage, affability, and principle.
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