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Leo Strauss on religion : writings and interpretations / edited by Svetozar Y. Minkov and Rasoul Namazi.

Contributor(s): Series: SUNY series in the thought and legacy of Leo StraussPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2024]Description: xxvii, 389 pages 24cmISBN:
  • 9781438499406 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201.61 MIN 23/eng/20240702
Contents:
Acknowledgments - Series Editor's Introduction - Kenneth Hart Green - Editors' Introduction - Svetozar Y. Minkov and Rasoul Namazi - Part One: Transcript 1: Leo Strauss, Notes on Lessing's Nathan the Wise (1940 and 1942) - Reflections on Leo Strauss, His Notes on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and "Nathan der Weise" Till Kinzel - Leo Strauss on the Philosophical Character of Lessing's Nathan The Wise Martin D. Yaffe - Part Two: Transcript 2.1: Leo Strauss, On the Plan of the Kuzari (c. 1941‒1942) - Transcript 2.2: Leo Strauss, On the Kuzari (c. 1941‒1942) - On Yehuda Halevi's "Spiritual Hell", Ralph Lerner - Proclaiming Dangerous Teachings to the World: Why Would Strauss Reveal the Religious Heterodoxy of the Falāsifa? Alexander Orwin - Part Three: Transcript 3: Leo Strauss, "Abraham and Maimonides" (1953) - Dichotomies of Understanding Religious Law in Leo Strauss's Lecture "Abraham and Maimonides" Yehuda Halper - Reason and Law, Joshua Parens - Part Four: Transcript 4: Leo Strauss, On Spinoza (c. 1959) - Strauss's "Fresh Study" Manuscript, Steven Frankel - The Charity of Spinoza's Democracy, Andrea E. Ray - Part Five: Transcript 5.1: Leo Strauss, Notes on Plato's Symposium (c. 1959) - Transcript 5.2: Leo Strauss, Notes on Agathon's Speech in Plato's Symposium (c. 1959) - Transcript 5.3: Leo Strauss, Two Letters on Plato's Symposium (1959) - Leo Strauss on Agathon's Theology in Plato's Symposium, Svetozar Y. Minkov - Leo Strauss's Intention with Plato's Symposium, Alex Priou Part Six: Transcript 6: Leo Strauss, Selections from "Seminar in Political Philosophy: Rousseau" (1962) - Leo Strauss and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Ancients and Moderns, Esotericism, and the Challenge of Religion, Rasoul Namazi "Truly a Civil Religion": Leo Strauss Teaches the Profession of Faith, John Ray Part Seven: Transcript 7.1: "Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy": The Lecture (1963) - Transcript 7.2: Leo Strauss, "Religion and the Commonweal": The Manuscript (1963) - Leo Strauss on Religion and the Commonweal, Nathan Tarcov - Leo Strauss on Civil Religion, Philipp von Wussow - Appendix: Strauss's Confrontation with Pascal, Svetozar Y. Minkov - Notes on Contributors - Index.
Summary: "Intriguing unpublished manuscripts by Leo Strauss which explore the intricate relationship between religion, philosophy, and politics, accompanied by fourteen interpretative essays"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -
Series Editor's Introduction - Kenneth Hart Green -
Editors' Introduction - Svetozar Y. Minkov and Rasoul Namazi -
Part One:
Transcript 1: Leo Strauss, Notes on Lessing's Nathan the Wise (1940 and 1942) -
Reflections on Leo Strauss, His Notes on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and "Nathan der Weise"
Till Kinzel -
Leo Strauss on the Philosophical Character of Lessing's Nathan The Wise
Martin D. Yaffe -
Part Two:
Transcript 2.1: Leo Strauss, On the Plan of the Kuzari (c. 1941‒1942) -
Transcript 2.2: Leo Strauss, On the Kuzari (c. 1941‒1942) -
On Yehuda Halevi's "Spiritual Hell", Ralph Lerner -
Proclaiming Dangerous Teachings to the World: Why Would Strauss Reveal the Religious Heterodoxy of the Falāsifa? Alexander Orwin -
Part Three:
Transcript 3: Leo Strauss, "Abraham and Maimonides" (1953) -
Dichotomies of Understanding Religious Law in Leo Strauss's Lecture "Abraham and Maimonides"
Yehuda Halper -
Reason and Law, Joshua Parens -
Part Four:
Transcript 4: Leo Strauss, On Spinoza (c. 1959) -
Strauss's "Fresh Study" Manuscript, Steven Frankel -
The Charity of Spinoza's Democracy, Andrea E. Ray -
Part Five:
Transcript 5.1: Leo Strauss, Notes on Plato's Symposium (c. 1959) -
Transcript 5.2: Leo Strauss, Notes on Agathon's Speech in Plato's Symposium (c. 1959) -
Transcript 5.3: Leo Strauss, Two Letters on Plato's Symposium (1959) -
Leo Strauss on Agathon's Theology in Plato's Symposium, Svetozar Y. Minkov -
Leo Strauss's Intention with Plato's Symposium, Alex Priou
Part Six:
Transcript 6: Leo Strauss, Selections from "Seminar in Political Philosophy: Rousseau" (1962) -
Leo Strauss and Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Ancients and Moderns, Esotericism, and the Challenge of Religion, Rasoul Namazi
"Truly a Civil Religion": Leo Strauss Teaches the Profession of Faith, John Ray
Part Seven:
Transcript 7.1: "Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy": The Lecture (1963) -
Transcript 7.2: Leo Strauss, "Religion and the Commonweal": The Manuscript (1963) -
Leo Strauss on Religion and the Commonweal, Nathan Tarcov -
Leo Strauss on Civil Religion, Philipp von Wussow -
Appendix: Strauss's Confrontation with Pascal, Svetozar Y. Minkov -
Notes on Contributors -
Index.

"Intriguing unpublished manuscripts by Leo Strauss which explore the intricate relationship between religion, philosophy, and politics, accompanied by fourteen interpretative essays"-- Provided by publisher.