How about "The Three Waves of Modernity" in An Introduction to Political Philosophy? It's only 18 pages, but covers some fundamental points for a Straussian...
Jeff Wilson
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Sep 30, 2001 6:55 pm
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My suggestion is Natural Right and History. Partly because I am re-reading it at the moment anyway, but also because it contains many interesting problems and...
Mark Gibson
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Oct 2, 2001 12:05 am
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Dear Listmembers. I think all the suggestions of what to start with are all well and good but they are getting us no where. I rather suggest something else....
Clifford Angell Bates...
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Oct 2, 2001 11:04 am
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I agree with the basic idea. I also agree that an essay is much more appropriate than a full book - although maybe a chapter of Natural Right could be tried. ...
Andrew Lancaster
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Oct 2, 2001 5:30 pm
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In the spirit of democracy, how's a vote sound?...
caw.dor@...
Oct 2, 2001 5:56 pm
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... In the spirit of democracy, we'd need limited choices, wouldn't we? Go ahead and lay some out, if you can....
Jeffrey Wilson
Jeffrey.Wilson@...
Oct 2, 2001 5:58 pm
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Alas, we need more than knowledge of which essay to read. We need a discussion leader to step forward. He, or she, will, in all liklihood, settle what we read....
pomonomo2003@...
Oct 2, 2001 8:53 pm
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TOM: TOM (Prince chapter only): NRH: Three W.s of Mod: On Tyranny: Essay(s) from Rebirth: CAM: PAW: Essay(s) from LAM: New Symposium book: Lets take it from...
caw.dor@...
Oct 2, 2001 9:00 pm
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... What are you looking for in a leader? Someone who knows the text well enough to teach it academically? Jeff...
Jeffrey Wilson
Jeffrey.Wilson@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:21 pm
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... My votes, in order of preference: TOM TOM Prince chapter Three waves...
Michael Anton
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Oct 2, 2001 11:02 pm
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... Here are my three: The Political Philosophy of Hobbes "The Three Waves of Modernity" Natural Right and History, any section Jeff...
Jeffrey Wilson
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Oct 3, 2001 2:30 am
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A fair question. What I am looking for is something like the intelligence and effort Mr. Anton is putting forth on the Machiavelli list. Sadly, I am...
pomonomo2003@...
Oct 3, 2001 2:39 am
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Perhaps it should be a person who can organize the discussion rather than who knows it very well....
Fei Wu
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Oct 3, 2001 1:18 pm
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... I want to note that on the Maimonides list, we have been reading various parts of the Guide for the Perplexed, not to mention other works by Maimonides,...
Icastes
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Oct 3, 2001 1:18 pm
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I second the vote on TOM prince chapter....
caw.dor@...
Oct 3, 2001 2:16 pm
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To facilitate the tabulation of votes, I will create a poll, using the polling facility at the list website. To help me do this, I request somebody to send me...
Lancelot R. Fletcher
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Oct 3, 2001 4:07 pm
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In order of preference: TOM: Discourses TOM: Prince 3 waves On Tyranny L&M...
Erik S. Root
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Oct 3, 2001 10:08 pm
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Greetings all; it has been quiet here for a long time. I was wondering if there would be any interest in reading the Note on the Plan of Nietzsche's BGE in...
Hello all; To start I want to thank Mr. Pehme for his encouragement. All complaints should be sent to him - just kidding, Kalev. Before we get to the first...
... Well, why not? ... I know that a lot is usually said about these middles; however, while Cropsey certainly probably knew what Strauss's intention was, that...
... What do you make of the very short paragraph (18) in the "Note" that refers to the "fifth chapter - the central chapter- etc", given that it is around the...
Brett Dutton
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Jun 30, 2002 5:33 am
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Brett Dutton writes: [snip] ... "There is all the difference in the world between an author who considers himself a link in a chain of a venerable tradition,...
... inserted ... on ... In his introduction to SPPP Pangle touches upon the placement of Strauss's Nietzsche essay and he, erroneously, asserts, "In contrast ...
The second sentence reads "This impression could be thought to be contradicted by his judgement, for he was inclined to believe that his Zarathustra is the...
Would you mind, Kalev, telling from whence the quote comes and how you think it answers Brett's question? best harveycmd ... considers ... very reason ... all...
... "Judgement" versus the American "judgment" is poor editing and not indicative of any important meaning in this deviant use. While Strauss is usually...
... think, ... Plan ... this ... or ... <snip> ... In "The Mask of Enlightenment" Stanley Rosen writes that Z is modeled on Judeo-Christian texts. Others of...
... The quote is from PAW p. 188. I made the point earlier that the use of centrality in writing among the ancients is not the same as its use today. In turn,...
Quite the philosophical filibuster is all the talk of Nietzsche's "personal language" and the pointing toward the epistemological conundrums surrounding truth...
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