Johann Moser thrives in what he calls an “Aristotelian” environment, where knowledge is pursued objectively, dispassionately (actually passionately dispassionate) and comprehensively.

As a college professor, he tried to help his students develop what John Henry Newman called a “philosophical mind,” an intellect capable of independent, rational value judgments—moral, veridical, artistic, and aesthetic—without ever confusing the four.

In his literary works, Moser seeks to marshal the resources of a long history of poetic composition, both east and west, for a contemporary poetics; and to produce works of finesse and formal excellence in both verse and prose.

In these and the other projects of his professional and personal life, his primary impulse, has been the apprehension and mediation to others of beauty: of the beautiful in life, in nature, and in the fine arts.

Moser is hopeful that he has attained at least some of these objectives and that others will find enjoyment in reading here the results of his efforts.