On the Question of the Legacy of Leo Strauss |
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| Authors: | Alan Udoff |
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| Institution: | Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | The question of the legacy of Leo Strauss, insofar as it is philosophically raised, deals not with what he had handed down, but with the mission he had undertaken. Philosophically, the question of the legacy of Leo Strauss is the question of his legation. That question takes its bearings from the question of the mission of Socrates, which, in turn, takes its bearings from the question of the “ladder of ascent” as set forth by Diotima. The rung of that ladder reached by Strauss is the question of his legacy, philosophically understood. |
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