Eric Voegelin

Eric Voegelin
Born	Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin (1901-01-03)January 3, 1901 Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	January 19, 1985(1985-01-19) (aged 84) Stanford, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Perennial philosophy[1]
Doctoral advisor	Hans Kelsen[2]
Main interests	Consciousness existence history political science spirituality Anamnesis (philosophy)
Notable ideas	Metaxy as the permanent place where man is in-between two poles of existence[3] Criticism of Gnosticism "Don't immanentize the eschaton"

Eric Voegelin (born Erich Hermann Wilhelm Vögelin, German: [ˈføːgəliːn]; January 3, 1901 – January 19, 1985) was a German-American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna, where he became an associate professor of political science in the law faculty. In 1938, he and his wife fled from the Nazi forces which had entered Vienna. They emigrated to the United States, where they became citizens in 1944. He spent most of his academic career at Louisiana State University, the University of Munich and the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.