PSCI 2014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quentin Skinner, Francis Lieber, Lieber Code
6 Sep 2016
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Influence of a philosopher to shake the conduct of government society for the better: dark dimensions as a consequence of good intentions of philosophers. Leo strauss: persecution and the art of writing, wanted to tech future philosophers to best express their ideas, esotericism: to read between the lines. Impossible to understand a thinker outside of the circle of ideas around them. Leo strauss: believed people like socrates caused chaos, too much freedom leads to radical movements, keep people together under one set of values, values that transcend any nation.
