| Title:
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ON TYRANNY
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| By: |
Leo Strauss, Michael S. Roth (Editor), Victor Gourevitch (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0226776875 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780226776873 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 2000 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
348 |
| Description: |
This work is Strauss' reading of Xenophon's dialogue, "Hiero" or "Tyrannicus", in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition includes a translation of the dialogue. |
| Synopsis: |
This work is Strauss' reading of Xenophon's dialogue, "Hiero" or "Tyrannicus", in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition includes a translation of the dialogue, a critique of the commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojeve, Strauss' restatement of his position in light of Kojeve's comments, and the complete Strauss-Kojeve correspondence. |
| Illustrations: |
4 halftones, 9 line drawings |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |