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Dec 1, 2010 · But philosophy, which values reason first and foremost, is led to the unpleasant truth that it is in fact predicated on something that is and remains unevident: that the human question for knowledge is the right life. Strauss’s simultaneous criticism of the self-sufficiency of reason and defense of the rational plausibility (though not the ...
“The philosophical life” should by no means be confused with what professionals in academic departments do for a living, and its characteristics remained, like many other things, ambiguous in Strauss's work.
- ROBERT B. PIPPIN
More than anyone else, Leo Strauss inaugurated the revival of political philosophy from the dominance of positivism and behavioralism. Strauss insisted that recovering Plato and ancient philosophy could help prevent modernity’s slide into relativism and historicism.
Robert Strauss (November 8, 1913 – February 20, 1975) was an American actor. He became most familiar in Hollywood films of the 1950s such as Stalag 17 (1953), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor .
Feb 27, 2009 · In this paper I consider Strauss's case for philosophy as a “way of life.” Strauss's case rests, I believe, on a view of philosophy first as a quest—an erotic aspiration—for knowledge of the whole and second as committed to a skeptical view of our ability ever to attain to such knowledge.
Jul 18, 2014 · In the meantime Strauss reminds his readers of the real and present advantages of living in a modern liberal democracy. “We are not permitted to be flatterers of democracy,” he urges, “precisely because we are friends and allies of democracy.”
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May 15, 2007 · When the topic of the meaning of life comes up, people tend to pose one of three questions: “What are you talking about?”, “What is the meaning of life?”, and “Is life in fact meaningful?”.
