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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."

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/10/1988
    ISBN13: 9780226777115, 978-0226777115
    ISBN10: 0226777111
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    Human rights, civil rights Political oppression and persecution

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    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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