Leo Strauss - An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Part 1)

This introductory course on political philosophy was taught at The University of Chicago (1965).

Lecture 1: 00:00
Lecture 2: 01:27:40
Lecture 3: 02:58:14
Lecture 4: 04:27:07
Lecture 5: 06:06:39

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[williambuysse]

Leo Strauss is the man. He is really a tightrope walker who gives to the religious and atheistic genuine food for thought and always keeps both unsure about where he himself stood on these issues.
So exoteric and esoteric remain and must, in at least certain ways always, remain.

[thattimestampguy]

5:35 Study The Founding Fathers
6:25 The Sovereign State
9:28 "Every political action is concerned with better or worse"
10:24 All Genuine Knowledge is Scientific Knowledge - Positivism
21:18 I can answer the grandest questions
26:51 Nature of Man

[hawkandserpent]

9:53 best argument against the old view