Although Leo Strauss published little on Nietzsche, his lectures and correspondence demonstrate a deep critical engagement with Nietzsche’s thought. One of the richest contributions is a seminar on Nietzsche’s Thus…

In this original new study, Grant Havers critically interprets Leo Strauss's political philosophy from a conservative perspective. Most mainstream readers of Strauss have either condemned him from the Left as…

In the winter of 1965, Leo Strauss taught a seminar on Hegel at the University of Chicago. While Strauss neither considered himself a Hegelian nor wrote about Hegel at any…

In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States for his first term and the conservative revolution that was slowly developing in the United States finally emerged in…

In uncovering the esoteric tradition employed in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed, the author made the radical realization that other ancient and medieval philosophers might be concealing their true thoughts…

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Strauss’s writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject. In stark contrast to popular perception…

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The essays collected in Persecution and the Art of Writing all deal with one problem–the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially…