R.V. Young, in a brilliant examination of the nominalist impulse found in Western thought since the Middle Ages, examines Romeo and Juliet and King Lear by the gleam of Occam's razor to reveal Shakespeare's critique of that wayward friar. And Paul Rahe argues that the republicanism of the classical polis, nearly subsumed by Christian otherworldliness, recovered sufficiently to keep freedom alive for modern use. Also in this issue are essays by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, one of the deans of the intellectual right, on liberalism in America, John Attarian on the continuing importance of Edmund Burke in this the bicentenary of his death, a review by Matthew Davis of a new collection of essays by the late Irving Babbitt, and a tribute by Michael Henry to the heritage of the late Gerhart Niemeyer. The Intercollegiate Review is published biannually by ISI and is sent free of charge to all ISI members.
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