The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem--the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas.
Persecution and the Art of Writing的创作者
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Leo Strauss (1899–1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. From 1949 to 1968 he was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, among them The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Natural Right and History, and Spinoza’s Critique of Religion, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
目录
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1. Introduction
2. Persecution and the Art of Writing
3. The Literary Character of the Guide for the Perplexed
4. The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
5. How to Study Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise
Index
1. Introduction
2. Persecution and the Art of Writing
3. The Literary Character of the Guide for the Perplexed
4. The Law of Reason in the Kuzari
5. How to Study Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise
Index
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Alcibiades compares Socrates and his speeches to certain sculptures which are very ugly from the outside, but within have most beautiful images of things divine. The works of the great writers of the ...Alcibiades compares Socrates and his speeches to certain sculptures which are very ugly from the outside, but within have most beautiful images of things divine. The works of the great writers of the past are very beautiful even from without. And yet their visible beauty is sheer ugliness, compared with the beauty of those hidden treasures.(展开)
maybe Strauss shouldn't have stressed the persecution aspect too much. The aspect of justice and enlightenment can be of equal importance in the way esotericism is executed.
【主题】the effect of that compulsion, or persecution, on thoughts as well as actions. pp.22. 施特劳斯否认迫害和强制能使人确信一个观点（compulsion does not produce conviction. It merely paves the way for conviction by silencing contradiction. pp.22-23.）能...
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4 有用 陆钓雪de飘飘 2018-11-06 15:46:08
Alcibiades compares Socrates and his speeches to certain sculptures which are very ugly from the outside, but within have most beautiful images of things divine. The works of the great writers of the ... Alcibiades compares Socrates and his speeches to certain sculptures which are very ugly from the outside, but within have most beautiful images of things divine. The works of the great writers of the past are very beautiful even from without. And yet their visible beauty is sheer ugliness, compared with the beauty of those hidden treasures. (展开)
2 有用 丁萌 2009-05-03 17:07:43
中世纪犹太哲学研究，书中关键文章里，把esoteric和exosteric印错……
0 有用 Q 2011-12-26 02:17:13
maybe Strauss shouldn't have stressed the persecution aspect too much. The aspect of justice and enlightenment can be of equal importance in the way esotericism is executed.
1 有用 大清国的猫托邦 2015-10-20 14:12:12
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0 有用 GW_Parables 2014-05-01 13:46:42
a little subtlety will make your view slightly more attractive than the censor might wish：-）