Natural right and history / by Leo Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strauss, Leo.

Series:

Charles R. Walgreen Foundation lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law.

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Local Subjects:

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Physical Description:

327 pages ; 22 cm.

8vo.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1953.

Summary:

In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, "Natural Right and History" remains as controversial and essential as ever. "Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding of the intellectual crisis in which we find ourselves . . . [and] brings to his task an admirable scholarship and a brilliant, incisive mind."- John H. Hallowell, "American Political Science Review" Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Contents:

Natural right and the historical approach

Natural right and the distinction between facts and values

The origin of the idea of natural right

Classic natural right

Modern natural right : Hobbes ; Locke

The crisis of modern natural right : Rousseau ; Burke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226776941

0226776948

0226776921

9780226776927

OCLC:

498125