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Leo Strauss and the Recovery of "Natural Philosophizing"

Leo Strauss and the Recovery of "Natural Philosophizing"

Ghibellini, Alberto Marco Giovanni

Paperback

Series: Suny the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss

PhilosophyJudaism

ISBN10: 1438498608
ISBN13: 9781438498607
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2025
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Examines how Leo Strauss sought to recover the question of nature, which he saw as inseparable from genuine philosophy since its inception in ancient Greece.

Among the political philosophers of the twentieth century, Leo Strauss is usually singled out for his attempt to revitalize the ancient approach to counter the relativism of both historicism and positivism. It is less commonly underscored, however, that the cornerstone of this attempt is the recovery of the question of nature, which he regarded as inseparable from genuine philosophy since its inception in ancient Greece. Leo Strauss and the Recovery of Natural Philosophizing addresses such a theme, focusing on the theoretical presuppositions that Strauss found at the basis of the acquired inability to raise the question of nature. Prominent among these is the encounter between philosophy and revelation, which, due to their conceptual incompatibility, leads to a condition Strauss metaphorically described as a second, 'unnatural' cave characterized by insurmountable prejudices rather than appearance and opinion. These, however, are the starting point of genuine philosophy in the Platonic first, 'natural' cave, which has to be regained, by way of historical deconstruction of the presuppositions of the second cave, if the natural philosophizing embodied by Socratic dialectics is to be reactivated.

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