“s myth of the philosopher king should be read as a reductio ad absurdum, and that philosophers should understand politics not to influence policy but to ensure philosophy”
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Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher and historian of philosophy whose work greatly influenced twentieth-century political theory in the United States and the study of classical political thought. He is known best for his interpretation of ancient and medieval philosophy, his account of classical natural right, and his claim that philosophers often wrote esoterically, presenting…
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politics · American political philosopher (1899–1973) · politician · political scientist · philosopher · university teacher · political philosophy · also Leo Strauss, Strauss
Born 20 September 1899 · Died 18 October 1973 · Q77144
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2026· 11 entries
“it is rendered possible by the abstraction from eros”
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“s thinking must be understood and confronted before any complete formulation of modern political theory is possible, which means that political thought must engage with issues of ontology and the history of metaphysics. Strauss wrote that Friedrich Nietzsche was the first philosopher to understand historicism properly, an idea grounded in a general acceptance of Hegelian philosophy of history. Heidegger, in Strauss”
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WSLS: Brothers Manfred and Rainer Honeck make Strauss' 'Ariadne auf Naxos' a family affair in Salzburg
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TipRanks: Strauss Group earnings call signals profits and discipline
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simplywall.st: Strauss Group (TASE:STRS) Reports Stronger Earnings And A Dividend, Is The Upside Already Priced In?
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TipRanks: Levi Strauss Updates Board Leadership and Governance Structure
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Investing.com: Levi Strauss announces board retirement and new committee chair appointment
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RFD-TV: STRAUSS Brings German Engineering and Drew Baldridge to Farm Progress Show - RFD-TV
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The Guardian: Die Fledermaus review – Strauss staging has flourish and froth, but not enough fizz
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The Guardian: BBCPhil/Storgårds / Park & Jupiter Ensemble reviews – stylish Strauss and lyrical Sibelius … and a lutenist’s singalong
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2016· 1 entry
Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,755 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Basics of Qualitative Research (3rd ed.): Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory” — cited 9,189 times.
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2000· 1 entry
Published “The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary” in The Astronomical Journal — cited 8,947 times.
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1992· 1 entry
“The Intransigent Right: Michael Oakeshott, Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich von Hayek”
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1973· 2 entries
Died 1973-10-18.
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“All politics are limited and none of them is really based on the truth.”
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1970· 1 entry
Where he was the Scott Buchanan Distinguished Scholar in Residence until his death from pneumonia in 1973
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1969· 1 entry
Strauss moved to Claremont McKenna College (formerly Claremont Men's College) in California for a year, and then to St
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1965· 2 entries
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1965).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Hamburg (1965).
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1954· 1 entry
Met Karl Löwith and Hans-Georg Gadamer in Heidelberg and delivered a public speech on Socrates
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1953· 1 entry
Strauss coined the phrase reductio ad Hitlerum, a play on reductio ad absurdum, suggesting that comparing an argument to one of Hitler's, or "playing the Nazi card", is often a fallacy of irrelevance
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1952· 1 entry
Published Persecution and the Art of Writing, arguing that serious writers write esoterically, that is, with multiple or layered meanings, often disguised within irony or paradox, obscure references, even deliberate s
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1949· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1949–1969).
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1944· 1 entry
And, in 1949, became a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, holding the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professorship until he left in 1969
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1939· 1 entry
Served for a short term as a visiting professor at Hamilton College
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1937· 2 entries
Going on to hold positions at the New School for Social Research and later at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1949 to 1969
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Under the patronage of Harold Laski, who made introductions and helped him obtain a brief lectureship
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1935· 1 entry
Gained temporary employment at the University of Cambridge with the help of his in-law David Daube, who was affiliated with Gonville and Caius College
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1932· 2 entries
Strauss summarised Schmitt's political theology that "because man is by nature evil, he, therefore, needs dominion
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Strauss left his position at the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin for Paris
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1925· 1 entry
Studied at University of Freiburg (1925).
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1918· 1 entry
Studied at University of Hamburg (1918).
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1899· 2 entries
Born 1899-09-20.
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In the small town of Kirchhain in Hesse-Nassau, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia (part of the German Empire), to Jennie Strauss (née David) and Hugo Strauss
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