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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... certain modern political theories and an able presentation of basic principles of the traditionalist point of view . Jerome Kerwin Chairman of the Walgreen Foundation PREFACE HIS is an expanded version of six lectures which.
... certain modern political theories and an able presentation of basic principles of the traditionalist point of view . Jerome Kerwin Chairman of the Walgreen Foundation PREFACE HIS is an expanded version of six lectures which.
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... principles of the Declaration of Independence interpret these principles not as expressions of natural right but as an ideal , if not as an ideology or a myth . Present - day American social science , as far as it is not Roman Catholic ...
... principles of the Declaration of Independence interpret these principles not as expressions of natural right but as an ideal , if not as an ideology or a myth . Present - day American social science , as far as it is not Roman Catholic ...
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... principles are sufficiently justified by the fact that they are accepted by a society , the principles of cannibalism are as defensible or sound as those of civilized life . From this point of view , the former principles can certainly ...
... principles are sufficiently justified by the fact that they are accepted by a society , the principles of cannibalism are as defensible or sound as those of civilized life . From this point of view , the former principles can certainly ...
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... principles of our choices , i.e. , regarding their soundness or unsoundness ; our ultimate principles have no other support than our arbitrary and hence blind preferences . We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober ...
... principles of our choices , i.e. , regarding their soundness or unsoundness ; our ultimate principles have no other support than our arbitrary and hence blind preferences . We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober ...
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... principles are in themselves as good or as bad as any other principles . The more we cultivate reason , the more we cultivate nihilism : the less are we able to be loyal members of society . The inescapable practical conse- quence of ...
... principles are in themselves as good or as bad as any other principles . The more we cultivate reason , the more we cultivate nihilism : the less are we able to be loyal members of society . The inescapable practical conse- quence of ...
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