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Episode 135 ... Leo Strauss - Ancients vs. Moderns

Philosophize This!

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The Scientific Method of Modernity

The scientific method of modernity concerns itself with accessing the ideal. The ancient greeks proceeded from the assumption that there are purposes to things in the universe, and that they must fit together in some sort of orderly way. Moderns focused on the real, the ancients on the ideal. How might the cultures of the past help us understand ourselves better?

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