The Popular Image of Leo Strauss

The most well-known idea associated with Leo Strauss is this idea of persecution and the art of writing. He believed that philosophers have to, and statesmen, have to encode their thoughts in esoteric language so they don't get persecuted. The view that all thought is circumscribed by its cultural context he calls historicism. It was very important for him both politically and theoretically to establish that there's a trans-historical interest among political philosophers.