Document: Hendrik Van Riessen, Modern Thinkers: Nietzsche (USA: P&R Publishing Co., 1960). Excerpt: The work of this great thinker, who chose such a radical and courageous position in the struggle of ideologies, as the twentieth century dawned, cannot be adequately covered in these few pages. Hence the reader should expect to encounter only Nietzsche's basic ideas. And even … Continue reading Modern Thinkers: Nietzsche – Hendrik Van Riessen
The Society of the Future – Hendrik Van Riessen
Document: Hendrik Van Riessen, The Society of the Future (Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Book House, n.d.). Excerpt: The Society of the Future is the first work to appear in English by H. van Riessen, a prominent member of a school of philosophy that has developed in the Netherlands, under the leadership of Herman Dooyeweerd. Dr. Van Riessen … Continue reading The Society of the Future – Hendrik Van Riessen
Modern Society in the Light of the Lordship of Jesus – Hendrik Van Riessen
Document: Hendrik Van Riessen, Modern Society in the Light of the Lordship of Jesus Christ (n.d.). Excerpt:Our subject will be: society. Society is the whole of forms, made and ruled by man, within which mankind lives. It is the dike protecting life, as the ancient Greeks saw their polis. It is above that the structure of man's … Continue reading Modern Society in the Light of the Lordship of Jesus – Hendrik Van Riessen