Books
Audio of Courses Taught by Leo Strauss
– Audio of courses taught by Leo Strauss, 1958 - 1973, provided by the Leo Strauss Center at the University of Chicago.Courses include: Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero, Vico, Grotius, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Relativism
The City and Man
– The City and Man, Rand McNally, 1964. Reprint: University of Chicago Press, 1978.Excerpt: It is not self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism nor self-forgetting and intoxicating romanticism which induces us to turn with passionate interest, with unqualified… More
Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse
– Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus, Cornell University Press, 1970. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The Great Tradition of political philosophy was originated by Socrates. Socrates is said to have disregarded the whole of nature altogether in order to devote himself entirely to… More
Xenophon’s Socrates
– Xenophon's Socrates, Cornell University Press, 1972. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The title Apomnemoneumata may be rendered provisionally by “Recollections.” Apomnemoneuein (or derivatives) occurs only once within the Memorabilia (I.2.31); there it… More
Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides’ Work
– "Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides' Work," Interpretation, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1974). Reprinted in Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy.Excerpt: For Thucydides the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians was, as he expected from the beginning, the most noteworthy motion so to speak, the greatest motion of all times… More
Review of the City and Man
– Seth Benardete, "Leo Strauss' The City and Man," Political Science Reviewer, Fall 1978.Excerpt: Leo Strauss’ The City and Man seems at first to be a straightforward continuation of all his previous work: the articulation of the theological-political problem. Even the… More
Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History
– "Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History," The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., University of Chicago Press, 1989.Excerpt: This lecture forms part of a series: The Western Tradition–Its Great Ideas and Issues, The Western tradition is threatened today as it never was heretofore. For it is now… More
Essays
Audio of Courses Taught by Leo Strauss
– Audio of courses taught by Leo Strauss, 1958 - 1973, provided by the Leo Strauss Center at the University of Chicago.Courses include: Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero, Vico, Grotius, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Relativism
The City and Man
– The City and Man, Rand McNally, 1964. Reprint: University of Chicago Press, 1978.Excerpt: It is not self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism nor self-forgetting and intoxicating romanticism which induces us to turn with passionate interest, with unqualified… More
Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse
– Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus, Cornell University Press, 1970. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The Great Tradition of political philosophy was originated by Socrates. Socrates is said to have disregarded the whole of nature altogether in order to devote himself entirely to… More
Xenophon’s Socrates
– Xenophon's Socrates, Cornell University Press, 1972. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The title Apomnemoneumata may be rendered provisionally by “Recollections.” Apomnemoneuein (or derivatives) occurs only once within the Memorabilia (I.2.31); there it… More
Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides’ Work
– "Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides' Work," Interpretation, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1974). Reprinted in Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy.Excerpt: For Thucydides the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians was, as he expected from the beginning, the most noteworthy motion so to speak, the greatest motion of all times… More
Review of the City and Man
– Seth Benardete, "Leo Strauss' The City and Man," Political Science Reviewer, Fall 1978.Excerpt: Leo Strauss’ The City and Man seems at first to be a straightforward continuation of all his previous work: the articulation of the theological-political problem. Even the… More
Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History
– "Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History," The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., University of Chicago Press, 1989.Excerpt: This lecture forms part of a series: The Western Tradition–Its Great Ideas and Issues, The Western tradition is threatened today as it never was heretofore. For it is now… More
Commentary
Audio of Courses Taught by Leo Strauss
– Audio of courses taught by Leo Strauss, 1958 - 1973, provided by the Leo Strauss Center at the University of Chicago.Courses include: Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero, Vico, Grotius, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Relativism
The City and Man
– The City and Man, Rand McNally, 1964. Reprint: University of Chicago Press, 1978.Excerpt: It is not self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism nor self-forgetting and intoxicating romanticism which induces us to turn with passionate interest, with unqualified… More
Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse
– Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus, Cornell University Press, 1970. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The Great Tradition of political philosophy was originated by Socrates. Socrates is said to have disregarded the whole of nature altogether in order to devote himself entirely to… More
Xenophon’s Socrates
– Xenophon's Socrates, Cornell University Press, 1972. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The title Apomnemoneumata may be rendered provisionally by “Recollections.” Apomnemoneuein (or derivatives) occurs only once within the Memorabilia (I.2.31); there it… More
Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides’ Work
– "Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides' Work," Interpretation, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1974). Reprinted in Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy.Excerpt: For Thucydides the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians was, as he expected from the beginning, the most noteworthy motion so to speak, the greatest motion of all times… More
Review of the City and Man
– Seth Benardete, "Leo Strauss' The City and Man," Political Science Reviewer, Fall 1978.Excerpt: Leo Strauss’ The City and Man seems at first to be a straightforward continuation of all his previous work: the articulation of the theological-political problem. Even the… More
Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History
– "Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History," The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., University of Chicago Press, 1989.Excerpt: This lecture forms part of a series: The Western Tradition–Its Great Ideas and Issues, The Western tradition is threatened today as it never was heretofore. For it is now… More
Multimedia
Audio of Courses Taught by Leo Strauss
– Audio of courses taught by Leo Strauss, 1958 - 1973, provided by the Leo Strauss Center at the University of Chicago.Courses include: Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero, Vico, Grotius, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Relativism
The City and Man
– The City and Man, Rand McNally, 1964. Reprint: University of Chicago Press, 1978.Excerpt: It is not self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism nor self-forgetting and intoxicating romanticism which induces us to turn with passionate interest, with unqualified… More
Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse
– Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus, Cornell University Press, 1970. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The Great Tradition of political philosophy was originated by Socrates. Socrates is said to have disregarded the whole of nature altogether in order to devote himself entirely to… More
Xenophon’s Socrates
– Xenophon's Socrates, Cornell University Press, 1972. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The title Apomnemoneumata may be rendered provisionally by “Recollections.” Apomnemoneuein (or derivatives) occurs only once within the Memorabilia (I.2.31); there it… More
Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides’ Work
– "Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides' Work," Interpretation, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1974). Reprinted in Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy.Excerpt: For Thucydides the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians was, as he expected from the beginning, the most noteworthy motion so to speak, the greatest motion of all times… More
Review of the City and Man
– Seth Benardete, "Leo Strauss' The City and Man," Political Science Reviewer, Fall 1978.Excerpt: Leo Strauss’ The City and Man seems at first to be a straightforward continuation of all his previous work: the articulation of the theological-political problem. Even the… More
Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History
– "Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History," The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., University of Chicago Press, 1989.Excerpt: This lecture forms part of a series: The Western Tradition–Its Great Ideas and Issues, The Western tradition is threatened today as it never was heretofore. For it is now… More
Teaching
Audio of Courses Taught by Leo Strauss
– Audio of courses taught by Leo Strauss, 1958 - 1973, provided by the Leo Strauss Center at the University of Chicago.Courses include: Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Cicero, Vico, Grotius, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Relativism
The City and Man
– The City and Man, Rand McNally, 1964. Reprint: University of Chicago Press, 1978.Excerpt: It is not self-forgetting and pain-loving antiquarianism nor self-forgetting and intoxicating romanticism which induces us to turn with passionate interest, with unqualified… More
Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse
– Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconomicus, Cornell University Press, 1970. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The Great Tradition of political philosophy was originated by Socrates. Socrates is said to have disregarded the whole of nature altogether in order to devote himself entirely to… More
Xenophon’s Socrates
– Xenophon's Socrates, Cornell University Press, 1972. Reprint: St. Augustine's Press, 1998.Excerpt: The title Apomnemoneumata may be rendered provisionally by “Recollections.” Apomnemoneuein (or derivatives) occurs only once within the Memorabilia (I.2.31); there it… More
Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides’ Work
– "Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides' Work," Interpretation, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1974). Reprinted in Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy.Excerpt: For Thucydides the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians was, as he expected from the beginning, the most noteworthy motion so to speak, the greatest motion of all times… More
Review of the City and Man
– Seth Benardete, "Leo Strauss' The City and Man," Political Science Reviewer, Fall 1978.Excerpt: Leo Strauss’ The City and Man seems at first to be a straightforward continuation of all his previous work: the articulation of the theological-political problem. Even the… More
Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History
– "Thucydides: The Meaning of Political History," The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss, Thomas L. Pangle, ed., University of Chicago Press, 1989.Excerpt: This lecture forms part of a series: The Western Tradition–Its Great Ideas and Issues, The Western tradition is threatened today as it never was heretofore. For it is now… More