Reading between the lines – Leo Strauss and the history of early modern philosophy /

Reading between the lines – Leo Strauss and the history of early modern philosophy / / ed. by Winfried Schröder.

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Since its publication in 1952, Leo Strauss's Persecution and the Art of Writing has stirred considerable controversy, particularly among historians concerned with early modern philosophy. On the one hand, several scholars share his view that it would be inadequate to generally take at face valu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Blau, Adrian,
Curley, Edwin,
Israel, Jonathan,
Laursen, John Christian,
Martinich, A. P.,
McKenna, Antony,
Paganini, Gianni,
Schotte, Dietrich,
Schröder, Winfried,
HerausgeberIn:
Schröder, Winfried,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy , 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (226 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Leo Strauss and the Radical Enlightenment
  • The Irrelevance of (Straussian) Hermeneutics
  • The Virtues and Vices of Leo Strauss, Historian
  • Leo Strauss’s Olympian Interpretation: Right, Self-preservation, and Law in The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
  • Art of Writing or Art of Rewriting?
  • Resurrecting Leo Strauss
  • Spinoza, Strauss, and the Morality of Lying for Safety and Peace
  • Pierre Bayle and the Red Herring
  • Subject index
  • Index of Names

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