Leo Strauss

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Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher known for his influential studies of classical political thought and his impact on modern conservative and neoconservative intellectual movements.

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instanceOf German-American philosopher
human
political philosopher
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship Germany
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1899-09-20
dateOfDeath 1973-10-18
doctoralAdvisor Ernst Cassirer
educatedAt University of Freiburg NERFINISHED
University of Hamburg NERFINISHED
University of Marburg NERFINISHED
employer Claremont McKenna College
surface form: Claremont Men’s College

New School for Social Research
University of Chicago
ethnicGroup German Jews
familyName Strauss
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy
classical political philosophy
history of political thought
political philosophy
givenName Leo
influenced Allan Bloom
Harry V. Jaffa
Harvey Mansfield
Seth Benardete
Stanley Rosen
Harvey Mansfield
surface form: Walter Berns

modern American conservatism
neoconservatism
influencedBy Aristotle
Baruch Spinoza
Friedrich Nietzsche
Martin Heidegger
Niccolò Machiavelli
Plato
Søren Kierkegaard
Thomas Hobbes
mainInterest classical natural right
esoteric writing
relationship between philosophy and politics
movement Straussianism
notableIdea esoteric–exoteric distinction in philosophical texts
revival of classical political philosophy
notableWork Natural Right and History
On Tyranny
Persecution and the Art of Writing
The City and Man
Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law Tradition
surface form: The Political Philosophy of Hobbes

Thoughts on Machiavelli
placeOfBirth Kirchhain, Hesse-Nassau, German Empire
placeOfDeath Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
positionHeld Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Chicago
religion Judaism

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Martin Heidegger doctoralStudent Leo Strauss
Alexandre Kojève influenced Leo Strauss
Carl Schmitt influenced Leo Strauss
Hermann Cohen influenced Leo Strauss
Karl Löwith influenced Leo Strauss
Paul Wolfowitz influencedBy Leo Strauss
Allan Bloom doctoralAdvisor Leo Strauss
Allan Bloom influencedBy Leo Strauss