Return to the Eric Voegelin Study Page . A reflection on the purposes and prospects of classical studies. It has even become an object of hatred because man's nature has proved resistant to change by those motivated by the will to power. Classical studies are considered objectionable because they inevitably lead to investigation of human nature. There is a nature of man, a definite structure of existence that puts limits on perfectibility.
Society is man written large.
Man is society written small. Man exists in erotic tension toward the divine ground. The exploration of the metaleptic reality, of the Platonic metaxy , as well as the articulation of the exploratory action through language symbols, in Plato's case of his Myths, are the central concern of the philosopher's efforts. Willey's presentation of the Lockean case. He makes it explicitly his program to overcome philosophy by the dialectics of a self-reflective alienated consciousness.