On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence - Paperback
by Leo Strauss
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Availability:In StockContributor:Leo Strauss, Victor Gourevitch (Editor), Michael S. Roth (Editor)Publish date:2013-09-13Pages:358
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226030135ISBN-10:022603013XUPC:9780226030135Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, History & TheorySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCVVXK09KQ
On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence
On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss's commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, and the complete correspondence between the two....
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226030135ISBN-10:022603013XUPC:9780226030135Book Category:Philosophy, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, History & TheorySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCVVXK09KQ
Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. 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. Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Wesleyan University. Michael...
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Leo Strauss, Victor Gourevitch (Editor), Michael S. Roth (Editor)
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