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This volume focuses on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within modern philosophy - its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the diverse dependency relations that ar…
This volume focuses on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within modern philosophy - its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the diverse dependency relations that ar…
"This volume contains ten new essays focused on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within medieval and modern philosophy--its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the…
This volume focuses on the exploration and articulation of a narrative that considers the notion of order within modern philosophy - its various kinds (natural, moral, divine, and human), the different ways in which each is conceived, and the diverse dependency relations that ar…
"This project envisages a study of Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) and of the role played by metaxy in his vision of political philosophy. Metaxy already defined by Plato as the "in-between" matrix of the human condition is for Voegelin a powerful notion that symbolizes the intermedia…
"This project envisages a study of Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) and of the role played by metaxy in his vision of political philosophy. Metaxy already defined by Plato as the "in-between" matrix of the human condition is for Voegelin a powerful notion that symbolizes the intermedia…
In the first volume in this four volume masterwork, Alexander proposes a scientific view of the world in which all-space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. With this view as a foundation, w…
"Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Natu…
Order and history
by Sandoz, Ellis, Voegelin, Eric
fromThe collected works of Eric Voegelin
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Type: Book
In Search of Order brings to a conclusion Eric Voegelin's masterwork, Order and History. Voegelin conceived Order and History as "a philosophical inquiry concerning the principal types of order of human existence in society and history as well as the corresponding symbolic forms…
Order and history
by Sandoz, Ellis, Voegelin, Eric
fromThe collected works of Eric Voegelin
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Type: Book
This third volume of Order and History completes Voegelin's study of Greek culture from its earliest pre-Hellenic origins to its full maturity with the dominance of Athens. As the title suggests, Plato and Aristotle is principally devoted to the work of the two great thinkers wh…
Rules: a short history of what we live by
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"Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of life, from birth through death. We may chafe under the rules we have, and yea…
Rules: a short history of what we live by
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"We are, all of us, everywhere, always, enmeshed in a web of rules and constraints. Rules fix the beginning and end of the working day and the school year, direct the ebb and flow of traffic on the roads, dictate who can be married to whom and how, place the fork to the right or…