Books
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Reply to Burnyeat
– "The Studies of Leo Strauss: An Exchange," New York Review of Books, 30 May 1985.Excerpt: M.F. Burnyeat’s attempt to wake a sleeping America to the political threat posed to it by the late Leo Strauss is McCarthyite in the precise sense of the term. His calumny… More
Giants and Dwarfs
– Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960-1990, Simon and Schuster, 1990.Excerpt: And we may further suppose that Gulliver has certain hidden thoughts and intentions which are only to be revealed by closely cross-examining him. He indicates this himself at the… More
Reflections on Bloom and His Critics by Peter Lawler
– Peter Lawler, "Reflections on Bloom and His Critics," The Journal of General Education, Vol. 41 (1992), pp. 273-285.Excerpt: The many, it turns out, are less consistently democratic than the few. Radical anti-elitism or egalitarianism is the doctrine of those defining themselves by their devotion to… More
Re-Opening the American Mind
– Liel Liebovitz, "Re-Opening the American Mind," Tablet, 11 April 2012.Excerpt: The bravado hid a far more serious vein. Those who accused him of elitism, Bloom argued, were getting it all wrong. He wasn’t a cranky conservative—a “grumpy guru,” as… More
Essays
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Reply to Burnyeat
– "The Studies of Leo Strauss: An Exchange," New York Review of Books, 30 May 1985.Excerpt: M.F. Burnyeat’s attempt to wake a sleeping America to the political threat posed to it by the late Leo Strauss is McCarthyite in the precise sense of the term. His calumny… More
Giants and Dwarfs
– Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960-1990, Simon and Schuster, 1990.Excerpt: And we may further suppose that Gulliver has certain hidden thoughts and intentions which are only to be revealed by closely cross-examining him. He indicates this himself at the… More
Reflections on Bloom and His Critics by Peter Lawler
– Peter Lawler, "Reflections on Bloom and His Critics," The Journal of General Education, Vol. 41 (1992), pp. 273-285.Excerpt: The many, it turns out, are less consistently democratic than the few. Radical anti-elitism or egalitarianism is the doctrine of those defining themselves by their devotion to… More
Re-Opening the American Mind
– Liel Liebovitz, "Re-Opening the American Mind," Tablet, 11 April 2012.Excerpt: The bravado hid a far more serious vein. Those who accused him of elitism, Bloom argued, were getting it all wrong. He wasn’t a cranky conservative—a “grumpy guru,” as… More
Commentary
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Reply to Burnyeat
– "The Studies of Leo Strauss: An Exchange," New York Review of Books, 30 May 1985.Excerpt: M.F. Burnyeat’s attempt to wake a sleeping America to the political threat posed to it by the late Leo Strauss is McCarthyite in the precise sense of the term. His calumny… More
Giants and Dwarfs
– Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960-1990, Simon and Schuster, 1990.Excerpt: And we may further suppose that Gulliver has certain hidden thoughts and intentions which are only to be revealed by closely cross-examining him. He indicates this himself at the… More
Reflections on Bloom and His Critics by Peter Lawler
– Peter Lawler, "Reflections on Bloom and His Critics," The Journal of General Education, Vol. 41 (1992), pp. 273-285.Excerpt: The many, it turns out, are less consistently democratic than the few. Radical anti-elitism or egalitarianism is the doctrine of those defining themselves by their devotion to… More
Re-Opening the American Mind
– Liel Liebovitz, "Re-Opening the American Mind," Tablet, 11 April 2012.Excerpt: The bravado hid a far more serious vein. Those who accused him of elitism, Bloom argued, were getting it all wrong. He wasn’t a cranky conservative—a “grumpy guru,” as… More
Multimedia
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Reply to Burnyeat
– "The Studies of Leo Strauss: An Exchange," New York Review of Books, 30 May 1985.Excerpt: M.F. Burnyeat’s attempt to wake a sleeping America to the political threat posed to it by the late Leo Strauss is McCarthyite in the precise sense of the term. His calumny… More
Giants and Dwarfs
– Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960-1990, Simon and Schuster, 1990.Excerpt: And we may further suppose that Gulliver has certain hidden thoughts and intentions which are only to be revealed by closely cross-examining him. He indicates this himself at the… More
Reflections on Bloom and His Critics by Peter Lawler
– Peter Lawler, "Reflections on Bloom and His Critics," The Journal of General Education, Vol. 41 (1992), pp. 273-285.Excerpt: The many, it turns out, are less consistently democratic than the few. Radical anti-elitism or egalitarianism is the doctrine of those defining themselves by their devotion to… More
Re-Opening the American Mind
– Liel Liebovitz, "Re-Opening the American Mind," Tablet, 11 April 2012.Excerpt: The bravado hid a far more serious vein. Those who accused him of elitism, Bloom argued, were getting it all wrong. He wasn’t a cranky conservative—a “grumpy guru,” as… More
Teaching
Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973
– "Leo Strauss: September 20, 1899-October 18, 1973," Political Theory, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1974), pp. 372-392.Excerpt: Thus, the books of his ripeness are almost as alien to us as are the books with which he dealt. I recently re-read Thoughts on Machravelli and realized that it is not at all a book… More
Reply to Burnyeat
– "The Studies of Leo Strauss: An Exchange," New York Review of Books, 30 May 1985.Excerpt: M.F. Burnyeat’s attempt to wake a sleeping America to the political threat posed to it by the late Leo Strauss is McCarthyite in the precise sense of the term. His calumny… More
Giants and Dwarfs
– Giants and Dwarfs: Essays, 1960-1990, Simon and Schuster, 1990.Excerpt: And we may further suppose that Gulliver has certain hidden thoughts and intentions which are only to be revealed by closely cross-examining him. He indicates this himself at the… More
Reflections on Bloom and His Critics by Peter Lawler
– Peter Lawler, "Reflections on Bloom and His Critics," The Journal of General Education, Vol. 41 (1992), pp. 273-285.Excerpt: The many, it turns out, are less consistently democratic than the few. Radical anti-elitism or egalitarianism is the doctrine of those defining themselves by their devotion to… More
Re-Opening the American Mind
– Liel Liebovitz, "Re-Opening the American Mind," Tablet, 11 April 2012.Excerpt: The bravado hid a far more serious vein. Those who accused him of elitism, Bloom argued, were getting it all wrong. He wasn’t a cranky conservative—a “grumpy guru,” as… More