This volume explores some foundational concepts of Max Scheler’s phenomenological philosophy. Seldom or inadequately explored features of his thought, such as the concept of essence, the notion of fate and milieu as foundational of the human person, and the pedagogical and historical implications of his vision of a balancing-out of world cultures, are each related to the phenomenological procedures that Scheler adapted from E. Husserl. This is one of the first contributions to the specifically phenomenological aspects of Scheler’s philosophy since E.W. Ranly’s Scheler’s Phenomenology of Community (published in 1966), developing a global reading of Scheler’s thought based upon the manuscripts by Scheler that have been published since 1973.