The enduring importance of Leo Strauss /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lampert, Laurence, 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Strauss, Leo. Philosophy > History > 20th century. Philosophy, Ancient. Enlightenment. Political science > Philosophy.

Table of Contents:

Part One. Strauss's Recovery of Exotericism: 1. Exotericism exposed: letters to Jacob Klein; 2. Exotericism embraced: "the law of reason in the kuzari"
Part Two. The Socratic Enlightenment: 3. The peculiarly Socratic philosophizing: Xenophon's Gynaikologia; 4. Socrates, the real real man: Xenophon's Andrologia; 5. Platonic political philosophy: "ministerial poetry"; 6. Extending the history of philosophy back to Homer: Seth Benardete's Odyssey
Part Three. The Modern Enlightenment: 7. Attacking the Enlightenment on behalf of orthodoxy: the introduction to philosophy and law; 8. Attacking the Enlightenment on behalf of Socrates: "what is political philosophy?"; 9. Advancing the Enlightenment: Strauss's recovery of Nietzsche's theological-political program
Epilogue: Strauss's farewell.