| | '''Leo Strauss''' is a German-born philosopher. Raised as an Orthodox Jew, he escaped to the [[United States]] when the [[Nazi]] party came into power, and became a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. | | '''Leo Strauss''' is a German-born philosopher. Raised as an Orthodox Jew, he escaped to the [[United States]] when the [[Nazi]] party came into power, and became a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. |
| − | Some of Leo Strauss' students include Justice [[Clarence Thomas]], Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], Deputy Secretary of Defense [[Paul Wolfowitz]], former Assistant Secretary of State [[Alan Keyes]], former Secretary of Education [[William Bennett]], Weekly Standard editor [[William Kristol]], political philosopher [[Allan Bloom]], former New York Post editorials editor [[John Podhoretz]], former National Endowment for the Humanities Deputy Chairman [[John T. Agresto]]; speech-writer for [[Barry Goldwater]], Harry V. Jaffa. | + | Some of Leo Strauss' students include Justice [[Clarence Thomas]], Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], Deputy Secretary of Defense [[Paul Wolfowitz]], former Assistant Secretary of State [[Alan Keyes]], former Secretary of Education [[William Bennett]], Weekly Standard editor [[William Kristol]], political philosopher [[Allan Bloom]], former New York Post editorials editor [[John Podhoretz]], former National Endowment for the Humanities Deputy Chairman [[John T. Agresto]]; speech-writer for [[Barry Goldwater]], Harry V. Jaff Followers of Leo Strauss usually call themself Straussians. |