Jim F.
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 05:22:14 +0000 "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>
writes:
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>
> >
> >On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Jim Farmelant wrote:
> >
> > > It is my understanding that this was one of the essential
> teachings of
> > > Leo Strauss, who as far I know first expounded this doctrine, in
> his
> > > essay "The Literary Character of the Guide for the Perplexed"
> >
> >Jim, do you know offhand of the title of a collection in which this
> essay
> >appears? And can you recommend a good secondary work on Strauss?
> >
> >Thanks,
>
>
> For this audience, probably the best secindary work is Shadia B.
> Drury, Leo
> Strauss and the American Right (St. Martin's), and The Political
> Ideas of
> Leo Strauss (St, Martin's). She has good annotated biblios. The
> essay of
> Straussrefereed to is in Philosophy and Law: Towards an
> Understandind of
> Maimonodes and His Predecessors. I should menton that Justice
> Clarence
> Thomas has acknowledged the influence of Strauss vis the Straussian
> Henry
> Jaffa. Jaffa has stated that "sodomy" is the chief problem facing
> the
> Republic. (I say, if you don't like it, don't do it! It's not for
> everyone.)
> jks
> >
> >Michael
> >
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