Eric Scheske

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Saturday

Mini-Review Plato and Aristotle by Eric Voegelin (1957). Volume III of Order and History. Choice quote: "Thanatos orients the soul toward the Good by relieving it from the sickness of appearance; Eros is the positive desire for the Good." Plato the mystic. Aristotle the scientist. Right? No. They

Friday

Mini-Review The World of the Polis by Eric Voegelin (1957). Volume II of Order and History. Choice quote: Homer "strove valiantly for the insight that ordering action is action in conformance with the transcendent, divine order, while disruptive action is a fall from the divine order into the specifically

Thursday

Mini-Review Israel and Revelation by Eric Voegelin (1956). Volume I of Order and History. Choice quote: "A Prophet can hear and communicate the word of God, but he is neither a Philosopher or a Saint." Josef Pieper writes thick and thin books: books that are short but packed.

Wednesday

Mini-Review Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953). Choice quote: “'But I know something else you don't. There's dew on the grass in the morning.' He suddenly couldn't remember if he had known this or not, and it made him quite irritable.” Everyone

Tuesday

Mini-Review An Anthology by Josef Pieper (1981). Choice quote: "The possibility of incurring guilt is the ultimate existential threat for every person." There are some authors who make you think, "I could just read this guy for the rest of my life. He'd bring me

Saturday

Mini-Review Leisure, The Basis of Culture by John Pieper (1948). Choice quote: "[T]here can be unused space in the total world of work." Obsessed with efficiency? I am. At least I used to be. I'm a recovering efficiencoholic. It was bad, so bad that my

Friday

Mini-Review Studies in Classic American Literature by D. H. Lawrence (1923). Choice quote: “I should think the American admiration of five-minutes tourists has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than multitudes of bombs would have done.” Yeah, I know: D. H. Lawrence among Catholic

Thursday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with

Wednesday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with

Tuesday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with