Creating Statesmen, Part 1: Aristotlean Natural Right
All material quoted below is from Leo Strauss’ Natural Right and History, “Classic Natural Right,” pp. 156-164 1. We begin by distinguishing b...
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I’ll Believe the Attacks on the Secondary Sources I Use When They’re More Than Character Assassination
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...
Interview: 3 Questions for Sharon Loo
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...
The Relevance of Thucydides: History as Personal
Christopher Bruell’s essay “Thucydides’ view of Athenian Imperialism” is what is quoted repeatedly and responded to below. Bruell begins...
Is Politics Reducible to Rhetoric?
The following is only a summary (with some purposely loaded comments) of an aspect of Leo Strauss’ essay “On Aristotle’s Politics,” foun...