Knowledge and Evil
“I know not well how to retell how there I entered / so filled was I with slumber at that point […] And as he who […]…
The Political Sociology and Anthropology of Evil: Tricksterology
The Political Sociology and Anthropology of Evil: Tricksterology. Agnes Horvath and Arpad Szakolczai. London: Routledge, 2020. This book is explicitly presented in its preface as a…
On the Depths of Villainy
Probably the most famous letter writer of the ancient world was Cicero. In 59 B.C., Cicero wrote to Gaius Scribonius: “There are many sorts of letters. But…
A Good Look at Evil
A Good Look at Evil. Abigail L. Rosenthal,Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2016. Abigail Rosenthal is a professor (emerita) of philosophy, which is not the same thing…
Can a Natural Disaster be a Symbol of Truth? The Indian Ocean Tsunami: a Voegelinian/Desmondian Meditation
“Now the Flood: water is the matrix of all life, but in deluge its creative indeterminacy overwhelms and swamps. Finite beings are flimsy, tossed around as flotsam.…
A Good Look at Evil
A Good Look at Evil. Abigail L. Rosenthal. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1987. Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Abigail Rosenthal’s A Good Look at Evil is an exploration…