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Persecution and the Art of Writing Univ of Chicago PR ed. Edition
Author(s): Leo Strauss (Author)
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date: 15 Oct. 1988
- Edition: Univ of Chicago PR ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 214 pages
- ISBN-10: 0226777111
- ISBN-13: 9780226777115
Book Description
The essays collected in Persecution and the Art of Writing Univ of Chicago PR ed. Edition 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.
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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.
About the Author
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.
