On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence

On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence - Paperback

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On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence - Paperback

On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence - Paperback

by Leo Strauss
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Book Overview

On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss's commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, and the complete correspondence between the two.

This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojève's commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.
ISBN9780226030135
Author Leo Strauss
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreNews & politics and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages358
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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