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Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: I cannot know anything of which there is

I cannot know anything of which there is and can be only one. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: But what is the core of the political?

But what is the core of the political? Men killing men on the largest scale in broad daylight and with the greatest serenity. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: If God is One, and if there can

If God is One, and if there can be no other God, there can be no idea of God. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: Life is too short to live with any

Life is too short to live with any but the greatest books. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: If the highest things are unknowable, then the

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: The silence of a wise man is always

The silence of a wise man is always meaningful. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly

One cannot refute what one has not thoroughly understood. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes

The clarification of our political ideas insensibly changes into and becomes indistinguishable from the history of political ideas. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: For try as one may to expel nature

For try as one may to expel nature with a hayfork, it will always come back. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: The complacency engendered by the tranquil possession of

The complacency engendered by the tranquil possession of a God-given truth. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: It is as absurd to expect members of

It is as absurd to expect members of philosophy departments to be philosophers as it is to expect members of art departments to be artists. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: Liberal education reminds those members of a mass

Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: Education to perfect gentlemanship, to human excellence, liberal

Education to perfect gentlemanship, to human excellence, liberal education consists in reminding oneself of human excellence, of human greatness. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: Philosophizing means, then, to ascend from public dogma

Philosophizing means, then, to ascend from public dogma to essentially private knowledge. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: But the God of the Bible is not

But the God of the Bible is not only One, but the only possible One. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By William Kristol: Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political

Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought. — William Kristol

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible. — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to

The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism - nay, it is identical with nihilism, — Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss Quotes By Leo Strauss: Existentialism is a 'movement' which like all such

Existentialism is a 'movement' which like all such movements has a flabby periphery and a hard center. That center is the thought of Heidegger. — Leo Strauss