: Kirk identifies the subjects of Eliot's poem The Hollow Men as those lacking moral imagination, instead enslaved by appetites and "diabolic" distractions.
: Eliot championed "the permanent things"—enduring standards of conduct and belief—against the "ideological demigods" of progressivism and scientism. Three Types of Imagination Eliot and his age : T.S. Eliot's moral imaginat...
: His work acted as a form of "Socratic self-criticism," disturbing a society drifting toward moral bankruptcy. : Kirk identifies the subjects of Eliot's poem
Kirk uses Eliot's career to distinguish between three competing forces: : Guided by virtue, wisdom, and tradition. Eliot and his age : T.S. Eliot's moral imaginat...