History of Political Philosophy
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History of Political Philosophy
| Author | Leo Strauss & Joseph Cropsey (editors) |
|---|---|
| Published | 1963 |
| Pages | 790 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The standard Straussian survey: commissioned essays running from Thucydides and Plato through Machiavelli, Hobbes and Locke to Marx, Nietzsche and Heidegger, each thinker read on his own terms — as someone making a claim that might be true — rather than as an expression of his period. It doubles as a map for which primary texts to open next. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, where it anchors the section on History of Political Philosophy and the Natural Right Tradition; the entry carries a ☑️ mark the list doesn’t explain. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
First published 1963; the third edition of 1987 is the one usually cited. The list prints it as “Strauss/Cropsey” — Joseph Cropsey is the co-editor, not a translator: he and Strauss were colleagues at the University of Chicago, and Cropsey was Strauss’s literary executor.
Connections
- Leo Strauss — co-editor, and the source of the volume’s reading method.
- Politics — the subject.
- Ideology — what the Straussian method sets itself against.
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.