UID:
almafu_9958354359002883
Format:
1 online resource (232p.)
ISBN:
9783110424294
Series Statement:
New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy ; 3
Content:
Philosophical texts of the early modern era in which sanctions were imposed on those who entertained deviating views require a particular hermeneutical approach: According to Leo Strauss the interpreter's task is to uncover their 'esoteric' messages. The contributions both address the methodological problems of Strauss's hermeneutics and discuss paradigmatic cases of candidates for a 'reading between the lines': Hobbes, Spinoza, and Bayle.
Note:
Frontmatter --
,
Table of Contents --
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Introduction --
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Leo Strauss and the Radical Enlightenment --
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The Irrelevance of (Straussian) Hermeneutics --
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The Virtues and Vices of Leo Strauss, Historian: A reassessment of Straussian Hermeneutics --
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Leo Strauss’s Olympian Interpretation: Right, Self-preservation, and Law in The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes --
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Art of Writing or Art of Rewriting?: Reading Hobbes’s De motu against the Background of Strauss’ Interpretation --
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Resurrecting Leo Strauss --
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Spinoza, Strauss, and the Morality of Lying for Safety and Peace --
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Pierre Bayle and the Red Herring --
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Subject index --
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Index of Names
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-042749-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110424294
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424294
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424294
