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The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas."

Persecution and the Art of Writing

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 October 1988
      ISBN-13 9780226777115
      978-0226777115
      ISBN-10 0226777111
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Human rights, civil rights Political oppression and persecution

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas."

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