Natural Law and Human Rights by Pierre Manent

 Another great book by Manent, among the most penetrating political philosophers of today. He is excellent at diagnosing the modern malaise that afflicts the West.

Re-read of An Intellectual History of Liberalism by Pierre Manent

This book, along with Manent's The City of Man, is indispensable for understanding what it means to be modern. And we are all inevitably modern.

Re-read of The City of Man by Pierre Manent

This is one of my favorite "companion" books and is the most thorough and penetrating analysis of modern thought that I have read. It's always worth re-reading every year or two.

The City of Man by Pierre Manent

This was a re-read of a book that is among the most profound philosophical reflections I have read. I was impressed the first time I read it, and found myself regularly returning to it. Some books almost take on a living presence in your life; you don't just read them, but you have a dialogue with them over years as you explore their depths. Chesterton's Orthodoxy, Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript, and Plato's Dialogs are in this category for me. The City of Man, I am discovering, is entering it as well.