His essay "On Tyranny" is an interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero, and he critiqued the positivism of Max Weber in his book Natural Right and History.
His essay "On Tyranny" is an interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero, and he critiqued the positivism of Max Weber in his book Natural Right and History. In his 1964 work The City and The Man, he proposed that Thrasymachus was the true mouthpiece of Plato in The Republic. This assertion follows from his thesis that philosophical texts have both an esoteric and an exoteric message, a view which he put forth in Persectution and the Art of Writing. His History of Political Philosophy includes contributions from his student Allen Bloom, and his other students include Abram Shulsky and Paul Wolfowitz. For 10 points, identify this poltical philosopher, a key influence of the neoconservative movement.
His essay "On Tyranny" is an interpretation of Xenophon's Hiero, and he critiqued the positivism of Max Weber in his book Natural Right and History.
Leo {Strauss}