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Comedians, Straussians, Victorians, and Idlers

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The Truth About Leo Strauss

Jonah Goldberg: Leo Strauss was a philosopher of great depth, who did exercise some influence on conservatism it's kind of hard to trace. He had this idea that history over time was important in the weird esoteric conversation that philosophers like Aristotle and Kant were having with each other. The truth would be sandwiched in the middle of all the different podcasts, no matter so you'd have six Podcasts. JonahGoldberg: I remember speaking of Goldberg as a college student, getting into conservatives conservatism and conservative thought but he never got very far because trial Strauss is much discussed But sometimes it's easier to read about him by his students you learn more that way.

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