Podcast Episodes – The Josias https://thejosias.net Non declinavit ad dextram sive ad sinistram. Thu, 13 May 2021 12:04:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/podcast.thejosias.net/2018/SiteIconJosias.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Podcast Episodes – The Josias https://thejosias.net 32 32 Non declinavit ad dextram sive ad sinistram. The Editors clean The Editors [email protected] [email protected] (The Editors) All Rights Reserved Podcast by The Editors Podcast Episodes – The Josias http://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000337973615-2l3m7r-original.jpg https://thejosias.net/category/blog/podcast-episodes/ 141272818 The Josias Podcast, Episode XXVIII: Socialism (Part 2) https://thejosias.net/2021/05/13/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxviii-socialism-part-2/ Thu, 13 May 2021 12:04:29 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4816 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXVIII: Socialism (Part 2)"

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The debate on socialism continues, with Pater Edmund playing the socialist and Alan Fimister taking the anti-socialist side. Joel is joined by Chris to moderate the discussion.

Bibliography and Links

Leo XIII, Rerum novarum (1891)

Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno (1931)

Ernest Fortin, “Sacred and Inviolable: Rerum Novarum and Natural Rights

Karl Marx, Theories of Surplus Value, ch. 9

Beatrice Freccia, “Aristotle’s Account of the Relationship of the Household to the State

Charles De Koninck, “The End of the Family and the End of Civil Society

Jacques de Monléon, “Short Notes on the Family and the City

Scott Meikle, “Aristotle and Exchange Value

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Music: Prokofiev – Cinderella Suite – Cinderella’s Waltz

Header Image: “Das ist eine wunderschöne Wiese

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The debate on socialism continues, with Pater Edmund playing the socialist and Alan Fimister taking the anti-socialist side. Joel is joined by Chris to moderate the discussion. Bibliography and Links Leo XIII, Rerum novarum (1891) Pius XI, The debate on socialism continues, with Pater Edmund playing the socialist and Alan Fimister taking the anti-socialist side. Joel is joined by Chris to moderate the discussion.



Bibliography and Links



Leo XIII, Rerum novarum (1891)



Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno (1931)



Ernest Fortin, “Sacred and Inviolable: Rerum Novarum and Natural Rights



Karl Marx, Theories of Surplus Value, ch. 9



Beatrice Freccia, “Aristotle’s Account of the Relationship of the Household to the State



Charles De Koninck, “The End of the Family and the End of Civil Society



Jacques de Monléon, “Short Notes on the Family and the City



Scott Meikle, “Aristotle and Exchange Value



Tři oříšky pro Popelku



Music: Prokofiev – Cinderella Suite – Cinderella’s Waltz



Header Image: “Das ist eine wunderschöne Wiese



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The Josias Podcast, Episode XXVII: Socialism (Part 1) https://thejosias.net/2021/01/13/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxvii-socialism-part-1/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:35:30 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4787 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXVII: Socialism (Part 1)"

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Alan Fimister comes on the podcast to debate socialism with Pater Edmund. For the purposes of the debate, Pater Edmund takes the socialist side, arguing that the injustices of modern capitalism, which orders all things to the private interests of capitalists, requires the adoption of socialism to subordinate economic matters to the common good of the political community. Alan Fimister takes the anti-socialist side, arguing that the individual and the family are prior to the state, and have the antecedent duty and right to provide for their subsistence, which requires private property. The debate is moderated (not entirely impartially) by Joel: There are no rules.

Bibliography and Links

Leo XIII, Rerum novarum (1891).

Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno (1931).

W. Borman, “Thomism and Private Property,” The Josias (2017).

Thomas Crean and Alan Fimister, Integralism: A manual of political philosophy (2020).

David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011).

Henri Grenier, “The Lawfulness and Social Character of Private Ownership,” The Josias (2015).

C.W. Strand, “A Catholic Socialism,” Tradinista! (2016).

Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Use Values and Corn Laws, Aristotelian Marxists and High Tories,” Sancrucensis, 2015.

Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Dialogue with a Catholic Leftist,” Sancrucensis (2016).

Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Robin Hood Economics: How should the wealth of the world be distributed?Plough, 2019.

Music: Дми́трий Шостако́вич, Jazz Suite No.2 – 6. Waltz II.

Header Image: New Harmony, Indiana, as proposed by Robert Owen. Engraving by F. Bate, 1838.

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Alan Fimister comes on the podcast to debate socialism with Pater Edmund. For the purposes of the debate, Pater Edmund takes the socialist side, arguing that the injustices of modern capitalism, which orders all things to the private interests of capit... Alan Fimister comes on the podcast to debate socialism with Pater Edmund. For the purposes of the debate, Pater Edmund takes the socialist side, arguing that the injustices of modern capitalism, which orders all things to the private interests of capitalists, requires the adoption of socialism to subordinate economic matters to the common good of the political community. Alan Fimister takes the anti-socialist side, arguing that the individual and the family are prior to the state, and have the antecedent duty and right to provide for their subsistence, which requires private property. The debate is moderated (not entirely impartially) by Joel: There are no rules.



Bibliography and Links



Leo XIII, Rerum novarum (1891).



Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno (1931).



W. Borman, “Thomism and Private Property,” The Josias (2017).



Thomas Crean and Alan Fimister, Integralism: A manual of political philosophy (2020).



David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011).



Henri Grenier, “The Lawfulness and Social Character of Private Ownership,” The Josias (2015).



C.W. Strand, “A Catholic Socialism,” Tradinista! (2016).



Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Use Values and Corn Laws, Aristotelian Marxists and High Tories,” Sancrucensis, 2015.



Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Dialogue with a Catholic Leftist,” Sancrucensis (2016).



Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Robin Hood Economics: How should the wealth of the world be distributed?” Plough, 2019.



Music: Дми́трий Шостако́вич, Jazz Suite No.2 – 6. Waltz II.



Header Image: New Harmony, Indiana, as proposed by Robert Owen. Engraving by F. Bate, 1838.



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The Josias Podcast, Episode XXVI: Historicism https://thejosias.net/2020/10/12/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxv-historicism/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:04:00 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4686 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXVI: Historicism"

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Historicism seems to be a challenge to an integralist account of politics, because it denies that there is an unchanging truth about the human good accessible to our minds. In this episode the editors talk to Felix de St. Vincent and Brett Favras about Collingwood’s historicism, Leo Strauss’s critique of Collingwood, and Alasdair MacIntyre’s much more positive response to Collingwood and historicism.

Bibliography and Links

R.G. Collingwood, An Autobiography, 1939.

Felix de St. Vincent and Brett Favras, “Integralism, MacIntyre, and Final Ends: Towards a Secular Account of Christian Politics,” The Josias, 2018.

Alasdair MacIntyre, A Short History of Ethics, 1966; After Virtue, 1981.

Nathan Pinkoski, “Alasdair MacIntyre and Leo Strauss on the Activity of Philosophy,” Review of Politics, 2020.

Leo Strauss, Natural Right and History, 1953; On Political Philosophy: Responding to the Challenge of Positivism and Historicism, 2018; “Lectures on Plato’s Meno,” 1966.

Music: W.A. Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Act 3 “Nie werd’ ich deine Huld verkennen,” Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie.

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Historicism seems to be a challenge to an integralist account of politics, because it denies that there is an unchanging truth about the human good accessible to our minds. In this episode the editors talk to Felix de St. Historicism seems to be a challenge to an integralist account of politics, because it denies that there is an unchanging truth about the human good accessible to our minds. In this episode the editors talk to Felix de St. Vincent and Brett Favras about Collingwood’s historicism, Leo Strauss’s critique of Collingwood, and Alasdair MacIntyre’s much more positive response to Collingwood and historicism.



Bibliography and Links



R.G. Collingwood, An Autobiography, 1939.



Felix de St. Vincent and Brett Favras, “Integralism, MacIntyre, and Final Ends: Towards a Secular Account of Christian Politics,” The Josias, 2018.



Alasdair MacIntyre, A Short History of Ethics, 1966; After Virtue, 1981.



Nathan Pinkoski, “Alasdair MacIntyre and Leo Strauss on the Activity of Philosophy,” Review of Politics, 2020.



Leo Strauss, Natural Right and History, 1953; On Political Philosophy: Responding to the Challenge of Positivism and Historicism, 2018; “Lectures on Plato’s Meno,” 1966.



Music: W.A. Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Act 3 “Nie werd’ ich deine Huld verkennen,” Les Arts Florissants under the direction of William Christie.



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The Josias Podcast, Episode XXV: Questions & Answers https://thejosias.net/2020/06/27/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxv-questions-answers/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:10:29 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4606 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXV: Questions & Answers"

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Our new technical editor, Chris, moderates a discussion with the editors of questions raised by our listeners.

Nota bene: In the discussion of distributism at the 1:10 mark when Pater Edmund said “that’s what integralism is all about” he meant to say “thats what distributism is all about.” A slip of the tongue.

Bibliography and Links

Music: W.A. Mozart, Serenade 13 in G Major, KV 525, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” II. Romanze. Performed by the Camerata Salzburg under the direction of Sándor Végh.

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Our new technical editor, Chris, moderates a discussion with the editors of questions raised by our listeners. Nota bene: In the discussion of distributism at the 1:10 mark when Pater Edmund said “that’s what integralism is all about” he meant to say “... Our new technical editor, Chris, moderates a discussion with the editors of questions raised by our listeners.



Nota bene: In the discussion of distributism at the 1:10 mark when Pater Edmund said “that’s what integralism is all about” he meant to say “thats what distributism is all about.” A slip of the tongue.



Bibliography and Links



* Joel Augustine, “Dyarchy is Dyarchical: A Reply to Meador“* Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice; Emma; Mansfield Park; Persuasion; Sense and Sensibility.* Maurice Baring, The Puppet Show of Memory.* Duane Berquist, Lectures on Ethics.* John Brungardt, “Shorting the Market on the Common Good;” “The Question of Catholic Integralism: An Internet Genealogy.”* Thomas Crean and Alan Fimister, Integralism.* Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.* Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop; Barnaby Rudge; Martin Chuzzlewit; David Copperfield; Bleak House; Little Dorrit; Hard Times.* Andrew Willard Jones, Before Church and State.* Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels.* J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.* Anthony Trollope, The Barsetshire Novels; The Palliser Novels.* Walter Ullmann, The Growth of Papal Power in the Middle Ages.* Edmund Waldstein, “An Education in Desire;” “The Soul in the Novel: From Daniel Defoe to David Foster Wallace;” “Reasoning is worse than scolding;” “On Weddings in Novels;” “Prayer Begins in Pointlessness and Stupidity;” “ clean 1:57:58 4606
The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIV: Hobbes vs. Suárez on Coercion https://thejosias.net/2020/05/05/hobbes-vs-suarez-on-coercion/ Tue, 05 May 2020 09:43:00 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4547 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIV: Hobbes vs. Suárez on Coercion"

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Bibliography

Music: J.S. Bach, Schafe Können sicher weiden wo ein guter Hirte wacht, from Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208. Performed by Elisabeth von Magnus and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Ton Koopman.

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Prof. Thomas Pink joins the editors to discuss Thomas Hobbes’s radical rejection of the scholastic understanding of law as a coercive teacher, and the anti-integralist motives behind that rejection. Bibliography Thomas Pink, Prof. Thomas Pink joins the editors to discuss Thomas Hobbes’s radical rejection of the scholastic understanding of law as a coercive teacher, and the anti-integralist motives behind that rejection.



Bibliography



* Thomas Pink, “Suarez on Authority as Coercive Teacher,” Quaestio (2019).* Petrus Hispanus, “Notes on Right and Law,” The Josias (2017).



Music: J.S. Bach, Schafe Können sicher weiden wo ein guter Hirte wacht, from Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208. Performed by Elisabeth von Magnus and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Ton Koopman.



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The Editors clean 1:26:27 4547 The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIII: Liberty: the Highest of Natural Endowments https://thejosias.net/2020/04/14/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxiii-liberty-the-highest-of-natural-endowments/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:17:59 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4521 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXIII: Liberty: the Highest of Natural Endowments"

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The editors discuss Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Libertas praestantissimum, on the true nature of liberty—both natural and moral—and on the errors of the liberals.

Bibliography

Music: Gustav Mahler, Lied Des Verfolgten Im Turm, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of George Szell.

Header Image: Raphael Statt, O.Cist. Beflügelter Schritt.

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The editors discuss Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Libertas praestantissimum, on the true nature of liberty—both natural and moral—and on the errors of the liberals. Bibliography Pope Leo XIII, Libertas praestantissimum (1888). Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., The editors discuss Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Libertas praestantissimum, on the true nature of liberty—both natural and moral—and on the errors of the liberals.



Bibliography



* Pope Leo XIII, Libertas praestantissimum (1888).* Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., “Contrasting Concepts of Freedom,” The Josias (2016).



Music: Gustav Mahler, Lied Des Verfolgten Im Turm, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of George Szell.



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The Josias Podcast, Episode XXII: Love, Hope, and Integralism in the New Testament https://thejosias.net/2020/02/23/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxii-love-hope-and-integralism-in-the-new-testament/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:33:56 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4255 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXII: Love, Hope, and Integralism in the New Testament"

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The encyclicals Deus caritas est and Spe salvi raise two opposite objections against Christianity:  Christian love seems too altruistic, opposed to one’s own happiness; while  Christian hope seems too egoistic, opposed to proper concern for temporal society. The editors discuss these objections with New Testament scholar John Kincaid. They argue that a true understanding of the New Testament demands a full understanding of the common good (showing that love is neither altruism nor egoism, but communion in the good), and a deep understanding of the relation of the temporal and the eternal (showing that hope for  eternal happiness and peace does not make us indifferent to the temporal happiness and peace, which are a participated likeness of the eternal). Integralism provides precisely the account of the common good, and of the relation of temporal and eternal that is necessary.

Bibliography

Music: “Là ci darem la mano,” from W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, sung by Barbara Bonney and Thomas Hampson, accompanied by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Header Image: Max Slevogt, Don Giovannis Be­geg­nung mit dem steinernen Gast, 1906.

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The encyclicals Deus caritas est and Spe salvi raise two opposite objections against Christianity:  Christian love seems too altruistic, opposed to one’s own happiness; while  Christian hope seems too egoistic, The encyclicals Deus caritas est and Spe salvi raise two opposite objections against Christianity:  Christian love seems too altruistic, opposed to one’s own happiness; while  Christian hope seems too egoistic, opposed to proper concern for temporal society. The editors discuss these objections with New Testament scholar John Kincaid. They argue that a true understanding of the New Testament demands a full understanding of the common good (showing that love is neither altruism nor egoism, but communion in the good), and a deep understanding of the relation of the temporal and the eternal (showing that hope for  eternal happiness and peace does not make us indifferent to the temporal happiness and peace, which are a participated likeness of the eternal). Integralism provides precisely the account of the common good, and of the relation of temporal and eternal that is necessary.



Bibliography



* Pope Benedict XVI, Deus caritas est, 2005.* Pope Benedict XVI, Spe salvi , 2007.* Brant Pitre, Michael P. Barber, and John A. Kincaid, Paul, a New Covenant Jew: Rethinking Pauline Theology, 2019.* John Barclay, Paul and the Gift, 2015.* Henri de Lubac, Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man, 1947/1988.* Charles de Koninck, “In Defence of Saint Thomas: A Reply to Father Eschmann’s Attack on the Primacy of the Common Good,” in: Laval théologique et philosophique (1945).* Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., Integralism: The Breadth and Depth of Catholic Social Teaching (Book Proposal, 2019).



Music: “Là ci darem la mano,” from W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni, sung by Barbara Bonney and Thomas Hampson, accompanied by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.



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The Josias Podcast, Episode XXI: We Live in a Society https://thejosias.net/2019/12/02/the-josias-podcast-episode-xxi-we-live-in-a-society/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:13:36 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4173 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XXI: We Live in a Society"

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We live in a society in which the few live in excess, while the many live in miserable and wretched conditions. We live in a society in which the poor are defenseless against the inhumanity of employers and the unbridled greed of competitors. We live in a society in which these evils are compounded by a devouring usury practiced by avaricious and grasping men. We live in a society in which innocent children are murdered in abortion clinics. We live in a society in which the sin of Sodom is paraded with open pride and enjoys the favor of the laws. We live in a society in which depravity exults; science is impudent; liberty, dissolute. We live in a society in which the holiness of the sacred is despised; sound doctrine is perverted; and errors of all kinds spread boldly. We live in a society in which the divine authority of the Church is opposed and her rights shorn off. We live in a society in which by institutions and by the example of teachers, the minds of the youth are corrupted. We live in a society… We live in a society? Do we actually live in a society? What sense does it make to call the clownish chaos of our lamentable times a “society”? The editors are joined by P.J. Smith of southern Indiana to discuss these and related questions.

Bibliography and Filmography

Music: “Vesti la Giubba” from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, sung by Luciano Pavarotti.

Header Image: Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019)

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We live in a society in which the few live in excess, while the many live in miserable and wretched conditions. We live in a society in which the poor are defenseless against the inhumanity of employers and the unbridled greed of competitors. We live in a society in which the few live in excess, while the many live in miserable and wretched conditions. We live in a society in which the poor are defenseless against the inhumanity of employers and the unbridled greed of competitors. We live in a society in which these evils are compounded by a devouring usury practiced by avaricious and grasping men. We live in a society in which innocent children are murdered in abortion clinics. We live in a society in which the sin of Sodom is paraded with open pride and enjoys the favor of the laws. We live in a society in which depravity exults; science is impudent; liberty, dissolute. We live in a society in which the holiness of the sacred is despised; sound doctrine is perverted; and errors of all kinds spread boldly. We live in a society in which the divine authority of the Church is opposed and her rights shorn off. We live in a society in which by institutions and by the example of teachers, the minds of the youth are corrupted. We live in a society… We live in a society? Do we actually live in a society? What sense does it make to call the clownish chaos of our lamentable times a “society”? The editors are joined by P.J. Smith of southern Indiana to discuss these and related questions.



Bibliography and Filmography



* Henri Grenier, Moral Philosophy, §§ 1032-1036.* Petrus Hispanus, “Notes on Right and Law,” The Josias, 2017.* Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 1891.* Pierre Manent, “Modern Democracy as a System of Separations,” Journal of Democracy 14.1 (2003).* Todd Phillips (director), Joker, 2019.* Snowpire, JOKER – Starring George Costanza from Seinfeld, 2019.



Music: “Vesti la Giubba” from Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, sung by Luciano Pavarotti.



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The Josias Podcast, Episode XX: Eric Voegelin https://thejosias.net/2019/11/25/the-josias-podcast-episode-xix-eric-voegelin/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:10:53 +0000 https://thejosias.net/?p=4160 Continue reading "The Josias Podcast, Episode XX: Eric Voegelin"

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Continuing a series of reflections on important 20th century critiques of modernity and liberalism that has included episodes on Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue and Leo Strauss’s Natural Right and History, the editors are joined again by Gabriel Sanchez to discuss Eric Voegelin’s The New Science of Politics. They discuss Voegelin’s critique of positivism, the problem of representation, and the thesis that modernity is “gnostic”.

Bibliography

Music: Also sprach Zarathustra, by Richard Strauss.

Header Image: Photograph of a Tree in the Mist, by Pater Edmund

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Continuing a series of reflections on important 20th century critiques of modernity and liberalism that has included episodes on Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue and Leo Strauss’s Natural Right and History, Continuing a series of reflections on important 20th century critiques of modernity and liberalism that has included episodes on Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue and Leo Strauss’s Natural Right and History, the editors are joined again by Gabriel Sanchez to discuss Eric Voegelin’s The New Science of Politics. They discuss Voegelin’s critique of positivism, the problem of representation, and the thesis that modernity is “gnostic”.



Bibliography



* Eric Voegelin, The New Science of Politics.* Gabriel S. Sanchez, “MacIntyre, Strauss, and Some Voegelin.”



Music: Also sprach Zarathustra, by Richard Strauss.



Header Image: Photograph of a Tree in the Mist, by Pater Edmund



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Justice, according to St. Thomas, is the perpetual and constant will to render each one his right. Distributive justice, commutative justice, potential parts, quasi-integral parts, debt, cannibalism—in this episode, the editors cover it all.

Bibliography

Music: “An die Musik, by Franz Schubert, performed by Matthias Goerne (baritone) and Helmut Deutsch (piano).

Header Image: Circles in a Circle (1923), by Wassily Kandinsky (detail).

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Justice, according to St. Thomas, is the perpetual and constant will to render each one his right. Distributive justice, commutative justice, potential parts, quasi-integral parts, debt, cannibalism—in this episode, the editors cover it all. Justice, according to St. Thomas, is the perpetual and constant will to render each one his right. Distributive justice, commutative justice, potential parts, quasi-integral parts, debt, cannibalism—in this episode, the editors cover it all.



Bibliography



* Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, IIa IIae qq. 58, 61, 79, 80* Plato, The Republic, especially Book I* Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics* Carl Hoffman, Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller’s Tragic Quest for Primitive Art* David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years* The Paraphasic, “Notes on the Internet as a Social Space“* The Paraphasic, “A Rumination on the Foundation of Civil Society



Music: “An die Musik“, by Franz Schubert, performed by Matthias Goerne (baritone) and Helmut Deutsch (piano).



Header Image: Circles in a Circle (1923), by Wassily Kandinsky (detail).



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