Consider the following statements of Leo Strauss about Political Theory : (I) Leo Strauss reaffirms the…
Both statements (I) and (II) are correct regarding Leo Strauss ('What is Political Philosophy?', 1959), who championed the revival of classical normative political…
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Consider the following statements of Leo Strauss about Political Theory :
(I) Leo Strauss reaffirms the importance of classical political theory to remedying the crisis of the modern times.
(II) Strauss does not agree with the proposition that all political theory is ideological in nature mirroring a given socio-economic interest, for most political thinkers are motivated by the possibility of discerning the principles of the right order in social existence.
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Both statements (I) and (II) are correct regarding Leo Strauss ('What is Political Philosophy?', 1959), who championed the revival of classical normative political philosophy to overcome modern positivist/historicist crises.
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