Strauss and the political character of philosophy
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Philosophy, Politics, City, Natural right, DemocracyAbstract
The present article aims to interrogate the way in which Strauss thinks about the question of the relation of the politicization of philosophy, or, in other words, the problem of the relation of philosophy to the city. To carry out this purpose, we will take as a starting point Strauss's presentation of what we can call the “invention” of political philosophy in “Natural Law and History”, then we will analyze the way in which Strauss reads this problem in what can be considered the fundamental text of that tradition: Plato's Republic. To conclude, some reflections on the politicization of philosophy as understood by Strauss will be suggested.
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