I am with Reader John on this one. That said, I will probably have to read this one at least twice more, and maybe even outline it for myself, before being ready to read Part 2. Good stuff!
Thanks for the affirmative comments below. I look forward to the response to Part 2 when it appears.
In addition to noting that, I also wanted to acknowledge that in the original version of this post, which was emailed out this morning, I misspelled Laurence Lampert's name. (I've corrected the online version.) Some Lampert students have also raised the objection that I badly mischaracterize his position by saying he thought, like Shadia Drury, that Nietzsche and Strauss were nihilists. Fair enough. I was being a little too loose in that passage, trying to sum up complicated ideas and writers too quickly and glibly. I regret the error. (Clarifying Lampert's view and how it relates to Strauss is far too complex to address in this setting and format.)
Excellent choice of topic! I know far too little about Strauss and the schools of Straussians.
I agree that this is a welcome subject to pursue; the idea of "a cave within the cave" has me hooked.
I am with Reader John on this one. That said, I will probably have to read this one at least twice more, and maybe even outline it for myself, before being ready to read Part 2. Good stuff!
Thanks for the affirmative comments below. I look forward to the response to Part 2 when it appears.
In addition to noting that, I also wanted to acknowledge that in the original version of this post, which was emailed out this morning, I misspelled Laurence Lampert's name. (I've corrected the online version.) Some Lampert students have also raised the objection that I badly mischaracterize his position by saying he thought, like Shadia Drury, that Nietzsche and Strauss were nihilists. Fair enough. I was being a little too loose in that passage, trying to sum up complicated ideas and writers too quickly and glibly. I regret the error. (Clarifying Lampert's view and how it relates to Strauss is far too complex to address in this setting and format.)
Fascinating. Thanks very much. Looking forward to the next installment