In a rich, thought-provoking work, Roth explores central questions in the philosophy of history. The Ironist's Cage asks why we are interested in having a past, why we try to recollect it, and what desires we hope to satisfy through this recollection.

This collection of essays in honor of Carl Schorske examines some of the major problems and themes critical to the historical study of European culture. They explore the limits and capacities of historical consciousness in modernity and share a concern with the ways in which cultural productions are connected to self and society.

"On Tyranny" is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue "Hiero," or "Tyrannicus," in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss's commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojeve, and the complete correspondence between the two.
This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojeve's commentary to bring it into conformity...