The change of the meaning of "natural right" from classical to modern thought is accompanied by the establishment of a human-centric cosmology. Man becomes the judge and legislator of his own, not because of his reason but because of his desire & passion. By replacing "history process" for "the end", modern political philosophy falls into nihilism.
I stopped so many times that I couldn't believe I finally finish the book. Strauss has pictured a big enough one for me to paint the line of history, however only the starting point. I don't know how long it will take to finish. Maybe, it is not even necessary to finish the line. I believe it must a circle, a zero, or nothing.
THE classic on the debate between ancients and moderns on natural right/law. The best chapter, it seems to me, is the third one on the discovery of nature and its preconditions - worthy of comparison with his teacher Heidegger's "ontological" or "ontic" take.
这本书以natural right（称为“自然正当”似乎更加合适）的古-今流变为线索梳理了思想史。看起来，似乎是现代自然科学的兴起（teleology受到重创）导致了自Hobbes以降的新脉络：Locke发展了natural right的外延，而Rousseau则将state of nature推到极端；Burke的反动却不能再回到teleology，而是以the practical和history取消了right本身。如果这一切都是现代自然科学摧毁目的论的结果，那么，纵然再厌恶虚无主义，natural right却也再不可能了。也许这就是现代人的命运。
ps. 坚持读下来了英文原文，对自己很是欣慰。
14 有用 游虚得默 2013-01-17 14:58:48
其实吧leo自己也是屌丝一枚，但他却总喜爱站在高富帅的角度看问题，而他这样做所遇到的最大敌手就是屌丝中的大王卢梭君。本书可以看做是吐向individuality以及相对主义的鄙薄口水，可更名为“Strauss反对Rousseau”或者“Strauss拯救民主 ”。。。
2 有用 星野变 2015-10-16 21:07:51
The change of the meaning of "natural right" from classical to modern thought is accompanied by the establishment of a human-centric cosmology. Man becomes the judge and legislator of his own, not because of his reason but because of his desire & passion. By replacing "history process" for "the end", modern political philosophy falls into nihilism.
2 有用 马多马 2017-03-28 15:25:06
文笔不错
2 有用 苏芒 2012-07-22 14:29:00
Worth reading again and again and again...
2 有用 Orchid 2015-05-04 14:24:40
I stopped so many times that I couldn't believe I finally finish the book. Strauss has pictured a big enough one for me to paint the line of history, however only the starting point. I don't know how long it will take to finish. Maybe, it is not even necessary to finish the line. I believe it must a circle, a zero, or nothing.
0 有用 Kapitan正少年 2012-12-16 13:33:35
This is actually a book about Political Theology
0 有用 幻無蝶音 2013-12-12 04:22:26
A double murder
0 有用 Q 2011-12-23 23:56:12
THE classic on the debate between ancients and moderns on natural right/law. The best chapter, it seems to me, is the third one on the discovery of nature and its preconditions - worthy of comparison with his teacher Heidegger's "ontological" or "ontic" take.
0 有用 烟 2013-02-20 19:07:00
每一章的分析都那么精妙绝伦。。
0 有用 大清国的猫托邦 2015-10-20 14:11:34
@2015-10-20 14:11:34
0 有用 琉琅苟 2011-04-04 13:33:06
有了闲暇细读这本书，惊觉中译本糟糕得简直像是译者自己重写了另一本书。
0 有用 小游 2013-12-08 17:48:27
虽说leo Strauss被人捧杀了，但这本书不可否认是天才的作品啊。
0 有用 Vita Nova 2023-07-14 18:08:51 河北
染缸式的书。不管放进去什么素材产出来的东西都差不多。
0 有用 丁萌 2023-10-08 16:01:11 日本
小时候读过好几遍，这次重读还是有船新的体验。驽钝如我。
0 有用 友人A 2023-01-16 22:52:17 北京
这本书以natural right（称为“自然正当”似乎更加合适）的古-今流变为线索梳理了思想史。看起来，似乎是现代自然科学的兴起（teleology受到重创）导致了自Hobbes以降的新脉络：Locke发展了natural right的外延，而Rousseau则将state of nature推到极端；Burke的反动却不能再回到teleology，而是以the practical和history取消了right本身。如果这一切都是现代自然科学摧毁目的论的结果，那么，纵然再厌恶虚无主义，natural right却也再不可能了。也许这就是现代人的命运。 ps. 坚持读下来了英文原文，对自己很是欣慰。
0 有用 水之南 2013-06-02 07:32:21
思想质地和论说力度比阿伦特差得太远了。不是心平气和，而是东扯西拉，念叨两句口号。从头到尾仔细读完，几乎催生出了强迫症哎。
1 有用 epimeleia 2015-07-18 18:14:41
legōmen oun arxamenoi
0 有用 珈琲貓少女 2020-05-29 14:21:33
📍5/29/20
0 有用 viaggiatore 2018-05-22 04:31:05
其实并不教条
0 有用 傅满猪 2022-01-22 19:19:27
2013-2015 迷途指津