Leo Strauss, "Existentialism", lecture delivered in 1956, published in Interpretation, Spring 1995, Vol. 22, No. 3
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It is certainly not an overstatement to say that no one has ever spoken so greatly and so nobly of what a philosopher is as Nietzsche.
— Leo Strauss on Friedrich Nietzsche
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About Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a German-born American philosopher who specialized in the study of classical political philosophy.
About Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a German-born American philosopher who specialized in the study of classical political philosophy.
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