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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Minkov, Svetozar, 1975- editor.

Namazi, Rasoul, 1982- editor.

Series:

SUNY series in the thought and legacy of Leo Strauss.

SUNY series in the thought and legacy of Leo Strauss

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strauss, Leo.

Religion and politics.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2024]

Summary:

Intriguing unpublished manuscripts by Leo Strauss, which explore the intricate relationship between religion, philosophy, and politics, accompanied by fourteen interpretative essays.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Series Editor's Introduction

Notes

Editors' Introduction

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"

Leo Strauss on the Philosophical Character of Lessing's Nathan The Wise

I

II

III

IVehuda Halevi's "Spiritual Hell"

Proclaiming Dangerous Teachings to the World: Why Would Strauss Reveal the Religious Heterodoxy of the Falāsifa?

The Cognitive and Practical Value of Religion in "Farabi's Plato"

Alfarabi's Platonic Kalām

Questioning the Law

Does Strauss Ignore His Own Warnings?

Part Three

Transcript 3: Leo Strauss, "Abraham and Maimonides" (1953)

Dichotomies of Understanding Religious Law in Leo Strauss's Lecture "Abraham and Maimonides"

IV

Conclusion

Reason and Law

Part Four

Transcript 4: Leo Strauss, On Spinoza (c. 1959)

Strauss's "Fresh Study" Manuscript

Strauss's "Fresh Study" Proposal

The Main Themes

The Analysis of Theology

The Political Teaching of the TTP

Strauss's Defense of Democracy

The Themes of the Autobiographical Preface

The TTP as "the True Protreptikos"

The Charity of Spinoza's Democracy

Charity and Tolerance

Charity and Obedience

Spinoza's Noble Lie

An Alternative Concept of Charity

Part Five

Transcript 5.1: Leo Strauss, Notes on Plato's Symposium (c. 1959)

Notes.

Transcript 5.2: Leo Strauss, Notes on Agathon's Speech in Plato's Symposium (c. 1959)

Summary of Agathon's speech

Transcript 5.3: Leo Strauss, Two Letters on Plato's Symposium (1959)

Leo Strauss on Agathon's Theology in Plato's Symposium

The Philosophical Character of Agathon's Speech: Its Combination of Seriousness and Play

The First Theological Dimension: The Best God and Natural Theology

The Second Theological Dimension: Imperfect Beginnings (the Rule of Necessity)

The Third Theological Dimension: The Soul Replaces the Gods or the Human Genesis of the Gods

Socrates's One-on-One with Agathon

Strauss's "Most Important Thought"

Leo Strauss's Intention with Plato's Symposium

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

"Truly a Civil Religion": Leo Strauss Teaches the Profession of Faith

The Political Character of the Profession

Rousseau's Nonagreement with the Vicar

Reading the Transcript

Part Seven

Transcript 7.1: "Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy": The Lecture (1963)

Religion and the Commonweal Lecture, the Hillel Foundation, January 27, 1963

Transcript 7.2: Leo Strauss, "Religion and the Commonweal": The Manuscript (1963)

Leo Strauss on Religion and the Commonweal

Leo Strauss on Civil Religion

Precedents

Reservations

How to Begin

Social Science and Judaism

Strauss's Argument

Civil Religion in America

Appendix: Strauss's Confrontation with Pascal

Leo Strauss's Notes on Pascal (1947)

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781438499420

1438499426

OCLC:

1457323657