Autobiographical Reflections

This is an ideal introduction to the ideas of Eric Voegelin, a man whom many regard as the greatest thinker of our time. Here we encounter the stages in the development of his unique philosophy of consciousness; his key intellectual breakthroughs; his theory of history; and his diagnosis of the political ills of the modern age.

The book also provides a veritable catalog of the thinkers who formed the intellectual foundation of the twentieth century. Voegelin's personal recollections of these...