Books
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– "Persecution and the Art of Writing," Social Research, Vol. 8, No. 4 (November 1941). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: In a considerable number of countries which, for about a hundred years, have enjoyed a practically complete freedom of public discussion, that freedom is now suppressed and… More
The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
– "The Law of Reason in the Kuzari," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 13 (1943). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: Every student of the history of philosophy assumes, tacitly or expressly, rightly or wrongly, that he knows what philosophy is or what a philosopher is. In attempting to transform… More
The Philosophers’ Hidden Truth
– Irving Kristol, "The Philosophers' Hidden Truth," Commentary Magazine, October 1952.Excerpt: It is to the answering of this question, and not only with regard to Plato but also as it affects all pre-Enlightenment thinkers of significance, that Professor Leo… More
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– Persecution and the Art of Writing, The Free Press, 1952. Reprinted: University of Chicago Press, 1988.Excerpt: Plato substituted for it a more conservative way of action, namely, the gradual replacement of the accepted opinions by the truth or an approximation to the truth. The replacement… More
On a Forgotten Kind of Writing
– "On a Forgotten Kind of Writing," Chicago Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1954). Reprinted in What Is Political Philosophy?Excerpt: In studying certain earlier thinkers, I became aware of this way of conceiving the relation between the quest for truth (philosophy or science) and society: Philosophy or science,… More
Freud on Moses and Monotheism
– "Freud on Moses and Monotheism," Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity, Kenneth Hart Green, ed., State University of New York Press, 1997.Excerpt: The first sentence is: “To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly–especially by one belonging… More
What was Leo Strauss up to? by Steven Lenzner and William Kristol
– Steven Lenzner and William Kristol, "What Was Leo Strauss Up To?," Public Interest, Fall 2003.Excerpt: Strauss set himself a remarkable task: the revival of Western reading, and therefore, of philosophizing. Strauss claimed that he had rediscovered “a forgotten kind of… More
Guide for the Perplexed
– Steven J. Lenzner, "Guide for the Perplexed," Claremont Review of Books, 23 August 2007.Excerpt: In recent years, as the name of the political philosopher Leo Strauss has grown increasingly familiar, his teaching has become increasingly misunderstood. Indeed, the portrait… More
Essays
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– "Persecution and the Art of Writing," Social Research, Vol. 8, No. 4 (November 1941). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: In a considerable number of countries which, for about a hundred years, have enjoyed a practically complete freedom of public discussion, that freedom is now suppressed and… More
The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
– "The Law of Reason in the Kuzari," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 13 (1943). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: Every student of the history of philosophy assumes, tacitly or expressly, rightly or wrongly, that he knows what philosophy is or what a philosopher is. In attempting to transform… More
The Philosophers’ Hidden Truth
– Irving Kristol, "The Philosophers' Hidden Truth," Commentary Magazine, October 1952.Excerpt: It is to the answering of this question, and not only with regard to Plato but also as it affects all pre-Enlightenment thinkers of significance, that Professor Leo… More
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– Persecution and the Art of Writing, The Free Press, 1952. Reprinted: University of Chicago Press, 1988.Excerpt: Plato substituted for it a more conservative way of action, namely, the gradual replacement of the accepted opinions by the truth or an approximation to the truth. The replacement… More
On a Forgotten Kind of Writing
– "On a Forgotten Kind of Writing," Chicago Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1954). Reprinted in What Is Political Philosophy?Excerpt: In studying certain earlier thinkers, I became aware of this way of conceiving the relation between the quest for truth (philosophy or science) and society: Philosophy or science,… More
Freud on Moses and Monotheism
– "Freud on Moses and Monotheism," Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity, Kenneth Hart Green, ed., State University of New York Press, 1997.Excerpt: The first sentence is: “To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly–especially by one belonging… More
What was Leo Strauss up to? by Steven Lenzner and William Kristol
– Steven Lenzner and William Kristol, "What Was Leo Strauss Up To?," Public Interest, Fall 2003.Excerpt: Strauss set himself a remarkable task: the revival of Western reading, and therefore, of philosophizing. Strauss claimed that he had rediscovered “a forgotten kind of… More
Guide for the Perplexed
– Steven J. Lenzner, "Guide for the Perplexed," Claremont Review of Books, 23 August 2007.Excerpt: In recent years, as the name of the political philosopher Leo Strauss has grown increasingly familiar, his teaching has become increasingly misunderstood. Indeed, the portrait… More
Commentary
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– "Persecution and the Art of Writing," Social Research, Vol. 8, No. 4 (November 1941). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: In a considerable number of countries which, for about a hundred years, have enjoyed a practically complete freedom of public discussion, that freedom is now suppressed and… More
The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
– "The Law of Reason in the Kuzari," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 13 (1943). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: Every student of the history of philosophy assumes, tacitly or expressly, rightly or wrongly, that he knows what philosophy is or what a philosopher is. In attempting to transform… More
The Philosophers’ Hidden Truth
– Irving Kristol, "The Philosophers' Hidden Truth," Commentary Magazine, October 1952.Excerpt: It is to the answering of this question, and not only with regard to Plato but also as it affects all pre-Enlightenment thinkers of significance, that Professor Leo… More
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– Persecution and the Art of Writing, The Free Press, 1952. Reprinted: University of Chicago Press, 1988.Excerpt: Plato substituted for it a more conservative way of action, namely, the gradual replacement of the accepted opinions by the truth or an approximation to the truth. The replacement… More
On a Forgotten Kind of Writing
– "On a Forgotten Kind of Writing," Chicago Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1954). Reprinted in What Is Political Philosophy?Excerpt: In studying certain earlier thinkers, I became aware of this way of conceiving the relation between the quest for truth (philosophy or science) and society: Philosophy or science,… More
Freud on Moses and Monotheism
– "Freud on Moses and Monotheism," Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity, Kenneth Hart Green, ed., State University of New York Press, 1997.Excerpt: The first sentence is: “To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly–especially by one belonging… More
What was Leo Strauss up to? by Steven Lenzner and William Kristol
– Steven Lenzner and William Kristol, "What Was Leo Strauss Up To?," Public Interest, Fall 2003.Excerpt: Strauss set himself a remarkable task: the revival of Western reading, and therefore, of philosophizing. Strauss claimed that he had rediscovered “a forgotten kind of… More
Guide for the Perplexed
– Steven J. Lenzner, "Guide for the Perplexed," Claremont Review of Books, 23 August 2007.Excerpt: In recent years, as the name of the political philosopher Leo Strauss has grown increasingly familiar, his teaching has become increasingly misunderstood. Indeed, the portrait… More
Multimedia
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– "Persecution and the Art of Writing," Social Research, Vol. 8, No. 4 (November 1941). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: In a considerable number of countries which, for about a hundred years, have enjoyed a practically complete freedom of public discussion, that freedom is now suppressed and… More
The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
– "The Law of Reason in the Kuzari," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 13 (1943). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: Every student of the history of philosophy assumes, tacitly or expressly, rightly or wrongly, that he knows what philosophy is or what a philosopher is. In attempting to transform… More
The Philosophers’ Hidden Truth
– Irving Kristol, "The Philosophers' Hidden Truth," Commentary Magazine, October 1952.Excerpt: It is to the answering of this question, and not only with regard to Plato but also as it affects all pre-Enlightenment thinkers of significance, that Professor Leo… More
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– Persecution and the Art of Writing, The Free Press, 1952. Reprinted: University of Chicago Press, 1988.Excerpt: Plato substituted for it a more conservative way of action, namely, the gradual replacement of the accepted opinions by the truth or an approximation to the truth. The replacement… More
On a Forgotten Kind of Writing
– "On a Forgotten Kind of Writing," Chicago Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1954). Reprinted in What Is Political Philosophy?Excerpt: In studying certain earlier thinkers, I became aware of this way of conceiving the relation between the quest for truth (philosophy or science) and society: Philosophy or science,… More
Freud on Moses and Monotheism
– "Freud on Moses and Monotheism," Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity, Kenneth Hart Green, ed., State University of New York Press, 1997.Excerpt: The first sentence is: “To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly–especially by one belonging… More
What was Leo Strauss up to? by Steven Lenzner and William Kristol
– Steven Lenzner and William Kristol, "What Was Leo Strauss Up To?," Public Interest, Fall 2003.Excerpt: Strauss set himself a remarkable task: the revival of Western reading, and therefore, of philosophizing. Strauss claimed that he had rediscovered “a forgotten kind of… More
Guide for the Perplexed
– Steven J. Lenzner, "Guide for the Perplexed," Claremont Review of Books, 23 August 2007.Excerpt: In recent years, as the name of the political philosopher Leo Strauss has grown increasingly familiar, his teaching has become increasingly misunderstood. Indeed, the portrait… More
Teaching
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– "Persecution and the Art of Writing," Social Research, Vol. 8, No. 4 (November 1941). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: In a considerable number of countries which, for about a hundred years, have enjoyed a practically complete freedom of public discussion, that freedom is now suppressed and… More
The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
– "The Law of Reason in the Kuzari," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 13 (1943). Reprinted in Persecution and the Art of Writing.Excerpt: Every student of the history of philosophy assumes, tacitly or expressly, rightly or wrongly, that he knows what philosophy is or what a philosopher is. In attempting to transform… More
The Philosophers’ Hidden Truth
– Irving Kristol, "The Philosophers' Hidden Truth," Commentary Magazine, October 1952.Excerpt: It is to the answering of this question, and not only with regard to Plato but also as it affects all pre-Enlightenment thinkers of significance, that Professor Leo… More
Persecution and the Art of Writing
– Persecution and the Art of Writing, The Free Press, 1952. Reprinted: University of Chicago Press, 1988.Excerpt: Plato substituted for it a more conservative way of action, namely, the gradual replacement of the accepted opinions by the truth or an approximation to the truth. The replacement… More
On a Forgotten Kind of Writing
– "On a Forgotten Kind of Writing," Chicago Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 1954). Reprinted in What Is Political Philosophy?Excerpt: In studying certain earlier thinkers, I became aware of this way of conceiving the relation between the quest for truth (philosophy or science) and society: Philosophy or science,… More
Freud on Moses and Monotheism
– "Freud on Moses and Monotheism," Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity, Kenneth Hart Green, ed., State University of New York Press, 1997.Excerpt: The first sentence is: “To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly–especially by one belonging… More
What was Leo Strauss up to? by Steven Lenzner and William Kristol
– Steven Lenzner and William Kristol, "What Was Leo Strauss Up To?," Public Interest, Fall 2003.Excerpt: Strauss set himself a remarkable task: the revival of Western reading, and therefore, of philosophizing. Strauss claimed that he had rediscovered “a forgotten kind of… More
Guide for the Perplexed
– Steven J. Lenzner, "Guide for the Perplexed," Claremont Review of Books, 23 August 2007.Excerpt: In recent years, as the name of the political philosopher Leo Strauss has grown increasingly familiar, his teaching has become increasingly misunderstood. Indeed, the portrait… More