On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojčve Correspondence - Brossura

Strauss, Leo

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ISBN 10: 022603013X ISBN 13: 9780226030135

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2013

Riassunto

On Tyranny is Leo Strauss’s classic reading of Xenophon’s dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss’s commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojčve, and the complete correspondence between the two.

This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss’s restatement of his position in light of Kojčve’s commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Leo Strauss (1899–1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, among them The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Natural Right and History,and Spinoza’s Critique of Religion, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Wesleyan University. Michael S. Roth is the president of Wesleyan University and the author of several books, including Memory, Trauma, and History.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 022603013X
• ISBN 13: 9780226030135
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 358
• Redattore: Gourevitch Victor, Roth Michael S.
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