On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojčve Correspondence - Softcover

Strauss, Leo

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Synopsis

On Tyranny is Leo Strauss’s classic 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. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss’s commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojčve, and the complete correspondence between the two.



This revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss’s restatement of his position in light of Kojčve’s commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.

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About the Authors


Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Wesleyan University. 





Michael S. Roth is the president of Wesleyan University and the author of several books, including Memory, Trauma, and History.

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