On Tyranny

Name: On Tyranny
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ISBN: 9780226776873

ISBN-10: 0226776875

ISBN-13: 9780226776873

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Leo Strauss, Victor Gourevitch, Michael S. Roth, Michael S. Roth

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On Tyrannyis Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue, Hieroor Tyrannicus,in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition includes a translation of the dialogue, a critique of the commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojegrave;ve, Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojegrave;ve's comments, and finally, the complete Strauss-Kojegrave;ve correspondence."Through [Strauss's] interpretation Xenophon appears to us as no longer the somewhat dull and flat author we know, but as a brilliant and subtle writer, an original and profound thinker. What is more, in interpreting this forgotten…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

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.



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



On Tyranny


Xenophon: Hiero or Tyrannicus


Leo Strauss: On Tyranny


Notes on On Tyranny



The Strauss-Kojegrave;ve Debate


Alexandre Kojegrave;ve: Tyranny and Wisdom


Leo Strauss: Restatement on Xenophon's Hiero



The Strauss-Kojegrave;ve Correspondence


Letters


Editorial Notes


Name Index


Subject Index