Strauss, Leo.

Studies in Platonic political philosophy / Leo Strauss ; with an introduction by Thomas L. Pangle. - Pbk. ed. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986. - vii, 260 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Philosophy as rigorous science and political philosophy -- On Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito -- On the Euthydemus -- Preliminary observations on the gods in Thucydides' work -- Xenophon's Anabasis -- On natural law -- Jerusalem and Athens : some preliminary reflections -- Note on the plan of Nietzsche's Beyond good and evil -- Notes on Maimonides' Book of knowledge -- Note on Maimonides' Letter on astrology -- Note on Maimonides' Treatise on the art of logic -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- Review of C.B. Macpherson, The political theory of possessive individualism : Hobbes to Locke -- Review of J.L. Talmon, The nature of Jewish history : its universal significance -- Introductory essay for Hermann Cohen, Religion of reason out of the sources of Judaism.

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Jewish philosophy.
Jewish philosophy.
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JC 71 .P62 / S87 1986