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Voegelin, Eric

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Voegelin, Eric (1901–1985)

German-born US political philosopher. He sought to develop a comprehensive philosophy of history and society, notably in his four-volume masterwork Order and History (1956–74).

He was born in Cologne, Germany. After studying and teaching law in Europe, he emigrated to the USA to escape Nazism, teaching at Louisiana State University 1942–58 and elsewhere; he was naturalized in 1944. He taught at the University of Munich 1958–69 before becoming a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, California.



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