The problem with Leo Strauss is his take on how to read Plato, Aristotle, or any other major political philosopher. Strauss believed that they all wrote in a code so that you have to discard most of what these philosophers actually wrote and look for the hidden meaning behind it all.
„Beings who look down on us from a star might find that the difference between democracy and communism is not quite as greatas it appears to be when one considers exclusively the doubtless very important question of civil and polititical liberties, although only people of exceptional levity or irresponsibility say that the difference between communism and democracy isnegligible in the last analysis.“ (Leo Strauss)
The problem with Leo Strauss is his take on how to read Plato, Aristotle, or any other major political philosopher. Strauss believed that they all wrote in a code so that you have to discard most of what these philosophers actually wrote and look for the hidden meaning behind it all.
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Irving Kristol “The Godfather of Neoconservatism” is Jewish. This may be an important distinction to understand.
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„Beings who look down on us from a star might find that the difference between democracy and communism is not quite as greatas it appears to be when one considers exclusively the doubtless very important question of civil and polititical liberties, although only people of exceptional levity or irresponsibility say that the difference between communism and democracy isnegligible in the last analysis.“ (Leo Strauss)