“Order” considered as a basic ontological term exhibits a manyfold meaning. Following the Aristotelian praxis of disambiguating linguistic terms by grasping their experiential implications, Eric Voegelin displayed in the New Science of Politics a critique of Positivistic attempts to get rid of the “order” derived from philosophical anthropology as part of a general ontology. Then, in Order and History, he considers the main historical types of political order and asks if they can be questioned by means of the philosophical-Platonic anthropological principle of the order of the soul.
Scotti, N., Eric Voegelin on Political Theory and the Principles of Order, <<Humanum. Issues in Family, Culture and Science>>, 2026; (1): 1-9 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/339357]
Eric Voegelin on Political Theory and the Principles of Order
Scotti, Nicoletta
2026
Abstract
“Order” considered as a basic ontological term exhibits a manyfold meaning. Following the Aristotelian praxis of disambiguating linguistic terms by grasping their experiential implications, Eric Voegelin displayed in the New Science of Politics a critique of Positivistic attempts to get rid of the “order” derived from philosophical anthropology as part of a general ontology. Then, in Order and History, he considers the main historical types of political order and asks if they can be questioned by means of the philosophical-Platonic anthropological principle of the order of the soul.
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