Leo Strauss on Machiavelli: Athens vs. Jerusalem or ontological assumptions about human nature and power

In this article we focus on the true nature of a disparity asserted in Leo Strauss's discussion of Machiavelli to amount to a virtue battle of sorts between Athens and Jerusalem. To convey this conflict Strauss is drawing both on his once Talmudic scholarship and his expertise in the history of...

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Published in:	Belgrade Philosophical Annual
Main Authors:	Dickson Tiphaine, Jokić Aleksandar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Institute for Philosophy 2015-01-01
Subjects:	virtue political power magnanimity shame leadership human nature
Online Access:	https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0353-3891/2015/0353-38911528127D.pdf