Any suggestions on a good intro book on Leo Strauss?

[Nickster]

I've really been getting into books on Conservative thinking, Machiavelli,etc. Since most of the * cabal are followers of Strauss, I'm looking to do some reading on his teachings and see where they got their ideas from.

I was thinking about this one:"The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism : An Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226777154/qid=1138143790/sr=8-5/ref=pd_bbs_5/102-2548997-1732155?n=507846&s=books&v=glance


Any thoughts, suggestions?

[joemurphy]

1. Plato's Republic. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

3. Yes, and look at the world through the eyes of Thrasymachus

because that's who Strauss believes is the real mouthpiece in Plato's work and not Socrates.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. that and a few others. There is one hell of a bookstore at U of C where

he hatched his ideas. A great bookstore, old, lots of little rooms and corners, and a superb collection of, well, everything.
That is not a bad start, though.

[Nickster]

6. Interesting idea, I could just take a train down there to check it out.

Hmmmmm. Just may do that.

[JeffR]

4. Mein Kampf

eom

[Nickster]

5. LoL, not so sure I'd want to be seen walking around with a copy of that.

[JeffR]

7. Good point

Though someday it'll be the only book in the George W. Bush Preznitial Liberry.

[jwirr]

9. That was my first thought.

[irislake]

8. LEO STRAUSS and the AMERICAN RIGHT

Author is Shadia B Drury. I highly recommend this book. There's another good one which I will try to recall.

[jonnyblitz]

10. that is the one i was going to recommend.

welcome to DU. :hi:

[Sammy Pepys]

11. Natural Right and History

Probably the work he's most known for.