Natural Right and HistoryUniversity of Chicago Press, 1953 - 326 pages In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as controversial and essential as ever. "Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding of the intellectual crisis in which we find ourselves . . . [and] brings to his task an admirable scholarship and a brilliant, incisive mind."—John H. Hallowell, American Political Science Review Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago. |
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... presents a keen analysis of the philos- ophy of natural right . It is a critique of certain modern political theories and an able presentation of basic principles of the traditionalist point of view . Jerome Kerwin Chairman of the ...
... presents a keen analysis of the philos- ophy of natural right . It is a critique of certain modern political theories and an able presentation of basic principles of the traditionalist point of view . Jerome Kerwin Chairman of the ...
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... present coherently my observations on the problem of natural right . I am also grateful to the Walgreen Foundation for generous clerical assistance . Some sections of this study have been published previously , either in their present ...
... present coherently my observations on the problem of natural right . I am also grateful to the Walgreen Foundation for generous clerical assistance . Some sections of this study have been published previously , either in their present ...
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... Present - day American social science , as far as it is not Roman Catholic social science , is dedicated to the proposition that all men are endowed by the evolutionary process or by a mysterious fate with many kinds of urges and ...
... Present - day American social science , as far as it is not Roman Catholic social science , is dedicated to the proposition that all men are endowed by the evolutionary process or by a mysterious fate with many kinds of urges and ...
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... presents itself today as a matter of party allegiance . Looking around us , we see two hostile camps , heavily fortified and strictly guarded . One is occupied by the liberals of various descriptions , the other by the Catho- lic and ...
... presents itself today as a matter of party allegiance . Looking around us , we see two hostile camps , heavily fortified and strictly guarded . One is occupied by the liberals of various descriptions , the other by the Catho- lic and ...
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... present lectures cannot deal with this problem . They will have to be limited to that aspect of the problem of natural right which can be clarified within the confines of the social sciences . Present - day social science re- jects ...
... present lectures cannot deal with this problem . They will have to be limited to that aspect of the problem of natural right which can be clarified within the confines of the social sciences . Present - day social science re- jects ...
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