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Tag: leo strauss

philosophy/plato/xenophon

Just finished a Straussian ritual, Aristophanes’ “Clouds:” Preliminary Notes on the Limits of Comedy

Posted on November 11, 2008 by ashok / 0 Comment

1. Consideration of comedians: they use laughter to make everything ridiculous. The good things, while made ridiculous, still are essentially good and cannot be...

academia

I’ll Believe the Attacks on the Secondary Sources I Use When They’re More Than Character Assassination

Posted on August 20, 2007 by ashok / 0 Comment

The argument in question: pay attention, if you can stomach it, to the passages on Strauss A large portion of the academy is in love with the idea that random b...

politics

Interview: 3 Questions for Sharon Loo

Posted on July 6, 2007 by ashok / 0 Comment

Sharon Loo’s immense learning and established skills in editing and writing serve her well in academia, as well as make her a genuinely public intellectua...

academia/politics

The Relevance of Thucydides: History as Personal

Posted on May 18, 2007 by ashok / 1 Comment

Christopher Bruell’s essay “Thucydides’ view of Athenian Imperialism” is what is quoted repeatedly and responded to below. Bruell begins...

aristotle/politics

Is Politics Reducible to Rhetoric?

Posted on February 13, 2007 by ashok / 3 Comments

The following is only a summary (with some purposely loaded comments) of an aspect of Leo Strauss’ essay “On Aristotle’s Politics,” foun...

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