Benjamin Storey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4247252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Storey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Storey |
| SIGNATURE | STOREY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Furman University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Christianity and Political Competence
A review of Daniel J. Mahoney's Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul: Essays on Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton, and Pierre Manent's The Religion of Humanity: the Religion of Our Times, Translated and Edited by Paul Seaton
Authors’ Response: Liberal Education and the Restless Soul
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Natural Law and Human Action
Why would Pierre Manent, long a defender of the modern nation state, launch a sustained critique of the modern doctrines of rights upon which those states have built their constitutional architecture? In Natural Law and Human Rights, Manent seeks to give an account of political action, and to revive an understanding of natural law as action's proper guide. Insofar as modern natural rights were born in a polemic against natural law, a critique of …
Pierre Manent'sMontaigne
Pierre Manent's Montaigne: la vie sans loi is at once a profound reading of Michel de Montaigne's notoriously elusive Essays and an ambitious effort to reshape our understanding of the meaning of modernity. Manent argues that Montaigne brings a distinctively modern conception of life itself into being in his writing, a conception now so pervasive that its novelty is difficult for us to discern. He makes a compelling case for according Montaigne a…
Self-Knowledge and Sociability in the Thought of Rousseau
Rousseau seems to exemplify an understanding of the philosophic life in general and the quest for self-knowledge in particular as a solitary enterprise. An examination of the Confessions, however, reveals that Rousseau holds that the most important discoveries about ourselves are made not in solitude, but with others. It is furthermore the case that, for Rousseau, the philosophic quest to truly know oneself entails the public articulation of one'…
The Problem of Admiration in Rousseau’s “Sad and Great System”
This article examines Rousseau's understanding of the phenomenon of admiration. I begin with a discussion of Rousseau's critique of the enlightenment understanding of the relation among admiration, charisma, and fanaticism found in Voltaire's Mahomet. I then turn to Rousseau's own account of the nature of admiration and his argument that admiration is necessarily ubiquitous in social life, even in the minds of apparently cynical men. Next, I look…
Rousseau and the Problem of Self-Knowledge
From the beginning of his career in theFirst Discourseto its end in theReveries of the Solitary Walker, Rousseau makes clear that the problem of self-knowledge is a central problem—perhapsthecentral problem—that his thought seeks to address. This essay studies Rousseau's thought in the light of that problem. I argue that attention to the problem of self-knowledge is essential to understanding the rank order of Rousseau's five major human types—th…
Rousseau and the Problem of Self-Knowledge
From the beginning of his career in theFirst Discourseto its end in theReveries of the Solitary Walker, Rousseau makes clear that the problem of self-knowledge is a central problem—perhapsthecentral problem—that his thought seeks to address. This essay studies Rousseau's thought in the light of that problem. I argue that attention to the problem of self-knowledge is essential to understanding the rank order of Rousseau's five major human types—th…
The Problem of Admiration in Rousseau’s “Sad and Great System”
This article examines Rousseau's understanding of the phenomenon of admiration. I begin with a discussion of Rousseau's critique of the enlightenment understanding of the relation among admiration, charisma, and fanaticism found in Voltaire's Mahomet. I then turn to Rousseau's own account of the nature of admiration and his argument that admiration is necessarily ubiquitous in social life, even in the minds of apparently cynical men. Next, I look…
Rousseau and the Problem of Self-Knowledge
From the beginning of his career in theFirst Discourseto its end in theReveries of the Solitary Walker, Rousseau makes clear that the problem of self-knowledge is a central problem—perhapsthecentral problem—that his thought seeks to address. This essay studies Rousseau's thought in the light of that problem. I argue that attention to the problem of self-knowledge is essential to understanding the rank order of Rousseau's five major human types—th…
The Problem of Admiration in Rousseau’s “Sad and Great System”
This article examines Rousseau's understanding of the phenomenon of admiration. I begin with a discussion of Rousseau's critique of the enlightenment understanding of the relation among admiration, charisma, and fanaticism found in Voltaire's Mahomet. I then turn to Rousseau's own account of the nature of admiration and his argument that admiration is necessarily ubiquitous in social life, even in the minds of apparently cynical men. Next, I look…
Self-Knowledge and Sociability in the Thought of Rousseau
Rousseau seems to exemplify an understanding of the philosophic life in general and the quest for self-knowledge in particular as a solitary enterprise. An examination of the Confessions, however, reveals that Rousseau holds that the most important discoveries about ourselves are made not in solitude, but with others. It is furthermore the case that, for Rousseau, the philosophic quest to truly know oneself entails the public articulation of one'…
Pierre Manent'sMontaigne
Pierre Manent's Montaigne: la vie sans loi is at once a profound reading of Michel de Montaigne's notoriously elusive Essays and an ambitious effort to reshape our understanding of the meaning of modernity. Manent argues that Montaigne brings a distinctively modern conception of life itself into being in his writing, a conception now so pervasive that its novelty is difficult for us to discern. He makes a compelling case for according Montaigne a…
Natural Law and Human Action
Why would Pierre Manent, long a defender of the modern nation state, launch a sustained critique of the modern doctrines of rights upon which those states have built their constitutional architecture? In Natural Law and Human Rights, Manent seeks to give an account of political action, and to revive an understanding of natural law as action's proper guide. Insofar as modern natural rights were born in a polemic against natural law, a critique of …
Authors’ Response: Liberal Education and the Restless Soul
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Christianity and Political Competence
A review of Daniel J. Mahoney's Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul: Essays on Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton, and Pierre Manent's The Religion of Humanity: the Religion of Our Times, Translated and Edited by Paul Seaton
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political Theory and Influence (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · European Political History Analysis (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works)