Ellis Sandoz's The Voegelian Revolution: "Common Sense."

Pages 18 - 19.

"I have no doubt that the right starting point for one who wishes to understand Eric Voegelin is an appreciation of the centrality of common sense and ordinary experience in his work.

"The recovery of commonsense understanding, the exploration of its dimensions and continuity with theoritical reason and science, its application as the starting point for everyman's man's grasp of truth and order, and its centrality to any critique of received doctrines -- all are regulary displayed in Voegelin's work.

"This is a key to his [Voegelin's] remarkable power as a teacher and to his writing and thought more generally, one which accounts for its vigor, robustness, independence, and manliness."