Abigail RosenthalNeither Athens nor JerusalemIn 1867 Matthew Arnold wrote a book titled Culture and Anarchy in which he held up two saving springs of our civilization: Athens — from…1d ago1d ago
Abigail RosenthalSeptember 11, A Week LaterThis post, written the week after September 11, 2001, is dedicated to Frank De Martini and Pablo Ortiz. Starting at the 88th floor on the…Sep 17Sep 17
Abigail RosenthalHistory’s Spiritual SideOver the past few days, Jerry and I have been attending and speaking at the Eric Voegelin Society meetings in Philadelphia. Though the EVS…Sep 10Sep 10
Abigail RosenthalIs the Just Woman Happier?At certain moments in my life, I followed what I considered to be the right — or the better — course, regardless of the foreseeable…Aug 27Aug 27
Abigail RosenthalPhilosophy’s RefugeesLast night, I finished reading David Edmond’s book, the one subtitled The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle, to which he gave the more…Aug 20Aug 20
Abigail RosenthalDeep versus ShallowOne time I asked David Stove, a philosopher at Sydney University’s Department of Traditional and Modern Philosophy, whether he thought…Aug 13Aug 13
Abigail RosenthalJesusI never tried to arrive at settled convictions about Jesus of Nazareth. Being Jewish, I saw no need to do that, except for holding a few…Aug 6Aug 6
Abigail RosenthalPassionate IntensityIn 1919, William Butler Yeats wrote a poem with two lines that came to seem more timely as the century wore on:Jul 30Jul 30
Abigail RosenthalInteresting TimesThere is a well-known curse, supposedly Chinese, that goes: May you live in interesting times! In my childhood I lived in a New York City…Jul 23Jul 23