What Is Political Philosophy?

Name: What Is Political Philosophy?
Author: Leo Strauss

by Leo Strauss

Inquiry into the nature and scope of political philosophy and its foundations

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Leo Strauss

German-American philosopher whose esoteric reading of classical texts argued that great philosophers wrote one message for the few and another for the many. Natural Right and History attacked historicism and relativism. His students became the intellectual godfathers of American neoconservatism.

More by Leo Strauss

Natural Right and HistoryStrauss' work tracing the decline of natural right and rise of relativism in modern political philosophy
Persecution and the Art of WritingStrauss' essays on reading esoteric texts, arguing philosophers wrote for different levels of intelligent readers
The City and ManPhilosophical exploration of classical texts and their political implications for modern governance
Thoughts on MachiavelliInterpretive study of Renaissance political theory and the prince's pragmatic ethics