The Politics of Paradox: Leo Strauss’s Biblical Debt to Spinoza (and Kierkegaard)

The political philosopher Leo Strauss is famous for contending that any synthesis of reason and revelation is impossible, since they are irreconcilable antagonists. Yet he is also famous for praising the secular regime of liberal democracy as the best regime for all human beings, even though he is w...

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Published in:Sophia
Main Author: Havers, Grant N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2015]
In: Sophia
RelBib Classification:HA Bible
NCD Political ethics
TA History
VA Philosophy
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Paradox
B Revelation
B Kierkegaard
B Bible
B Democracy
B Spinoza
B Reason
B Strauss
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