Philosophy as Stranger Wisdom

Philosophy as Stranger WisdomThe first complete intellectual biography of one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the twentieth century, Leo Strauss. What is philosophy and who is the philosopher? What should be the relationship between the philosopher and the city? And what should be the attitude that the philosopher must have with respect to tradition, religion and politics? These questions, which have spanned the entire history of Western philosophical

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and he looks to the works of Adam Smith and David Hume for a richer vision

Rand analyzes the evolution of this debate by examining a broad corpus of early Han and pre-Han texts

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works in this genre contain valuable historical information of the kind often ignored by the authors of mainstream history books

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the book moves beyond legal and institutional change to consider the political consequences the Europeanisation of LGBT rights has for people’s lived realities

Ernst Kitzinger's work focuses on Late Antiquity

A critical reappraisal of one of the most significant filmmakers of the post-war era