"All political action has . . . in itself a directedness towards knowledge of the good: of the good life, or of the good society. For the good society is the complete political good. If this directedness becomes explicit, if men make it their explicit goal to acquire knowledge of the good life and of the good society, political philosophy emerges. . . . The theme of political philosophy is mankind's great objectives, freedom and government or empire objectives which are capable of lifting all men beyond their poor selves. Political philosophy is that branch of philosophy which is closest to...
"All political action has . . . in itself a directedness towards knowledge of the good: of the good life, or of the good society. For the good society...
In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy. "Strauss gives us an impressive addition to his life's work the recovery of the Great Tradition in political philosophy. The problem the book proposes centers formally upon Socrates. As is typical of Strauss, he raises profound issues with...
In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophane...
Leo Strauss's Philosophy and Law contains a groundbreaking study of the political philosophy of Maimonides and his Islamic predecessors, and it offers an argument on behalf of that philosophy which is also a profound critique of modern philosophy. Here is an entirely new and complete English translation of Strauss's work, which takes as its ideal the exacting standards of accuracy that Strauss himself emphasized in his own work. It includes a prefatory essay introducing the argument of each of the four sections of Philosophy and Law.
Leo Strauss's Philosophy and Law contains a groundbreaking study of the political philosophy of Maimonides and his Islamic predecessors, and it offers...
This is the first book to bring together the major essays and lectures of Leo Strauss in the field of modern Jewish thought. It contains some of his most famous published writings, as well as significant writings which were previously unpublished. Spanning almost 30 years of continuously deepening reflection, the book presents the full range of Strauss's contributions as a modern Jewish thinker. These essays and lectures also offer Strauss's mature considerations of some of the great figures in modern Jewish thought, such as Baruch Spinoza, Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber,...
This is the first book to bring together the major essays and lectures of Leo Strauss in the field of modern Jewish thought. It contains some of his m...
A reissue of the 1975 edition, with four added essays, this collection offers a clear introduction to Strauss' views regarding the nature of political philosophy, its chief contemporary antagonists, its classical forms, and its modern version.
A reissue of the 1975 edition, with four added essays, this collection offers a clear introduction to Strauss' views regarding the nature of political...
Die Zahl deutscher Philosophen von internationalem Rang in der 2. Hälfte des 20. Jh. ist eher begrenzt. Neben Hannah Arendt und Karl Löwith, Hans Jonas und Hans Blumenberg, gehören zu ihr auch zwei Männer, die in den 30er Jahren Europa verließen, in den USA eine neue akademische Karriere begannen und zu Weltruhm gelangten: Leo Strauss und Eric Voegelin.§Mit den Namen dieser beiden deutschen Emigranten verbinden sich neben ihrer scharfsinnigen Kritik an einer zum Positivismus verflachten Sozialwissenschaft die Bemühungen um eine Wiederbelebung der klassischen griechischen Philosophie....
Die Zahl deutscher Philosophen von internationalem Rang in der 2. Hälfte des 20. Jh. ist eher begrenzt. Neben Hannah Arendt und Karl Löwith, Hans Jo...
Die Religionskritik Spinozas, 1930 von Strauss verfasst, ist der Versuch, in Gestalt einer Interpretation des Theologisch-politischen Traktats und einer Genealogie der modernen Religionskritik den Streit zwischen Aufklarung und Orthodoxie einer eingehenden Uberprufung zu unterziehen. Die dritte Auflage macht im Anhang erstmals zwei Artikel von Strauss zu Fragen des politischen Zionismus aus dem Jahr 1924 wieder zuganglich, die in der Literatur uber Strauss bisher unbekannt geblieben sind.
Die Religionskritik Spinozas, 1930 von Strauss verfasst, ist der Versuch, in Gestalt einer Interpretation des Theologisch-politischen Traktats und ein...
Moses Mendelssohn (1729-86) was the leading Jewish thinker of the German Enlightenment and the founder of modern Jewish philosophy. His writings, especially his attempt during the Pantheism Controversy to defend the philosophical legacies of Spinoza and Leibniz against F. H. Jacobi's philosophy of faith, captured the attention of a young Leo Strauss and played a critical role in the development of his thought on one of the fundamental themes of his life's work: the conflicting demands of reason and revelation. Leo Strauss on Moses Mendelssohn is a superbly annotated...
Moses Mendelssohn (1729-86) was the leading Jewish thinker of the German Enlightenment and the founder of modern Jewish philosophy. His writings, e...
