[lbo-talk] Shadia Drury: Straussian Sex Goddess

[Carl Remick]

>From: andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
>
>One
> > thing I've never seen
> > pointed out are the odd similarities in the appeal
> > of Strauss and Ayn
> > Rand.
>
>A very interesting analogy. I haven't seen it either.
>Of course, one difference was that Strauss was a real
>scholar -- controversial, of course, but one who is
>regarded by professionals outside his circle to have
>made real contributions. I agree with this assessment,
>btw.

Izzat so?  Well, if Leo Strauss was a "philosopher" then I would have to 
accord the same honor to the estimable Phineas T. Barnum, who first 
propounded the theory at the core of Straussian thought that "there is a 
sucker born every minute."  (Fairness obligates me to point out that Barnum 
never actually made the famous "sucker born" remark, though it certainly 
summed up his worldview -- what he did state was :  "People like to be 
humbugged.")

Carl

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