How to Structure a German Post War Philosophy Course

Michael: I'm really glad to have you on board. The very first topic, the very first lecture and discussion session is going to be around German post war philosophy. So he's addressing a situation where there's a crisis of modern rationality. He says that we're steadily marching towards a nihilistic era in which no one way of life is better than others. Michael: Strauss shows that we don't actually have the resources to think seriously about those problems but the problems that face us as people and again as political communities.