| − | '''Leo Strauss''' is a German-born philosopher. Raised as an [[Orthodox Jew]], but became an [[atheist]] later in life. He fled to the [[United States]] when the [[Nazi]] party came into power, and became a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He specialized in the study of classical political philosophy, such as the philosophy of [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[Benedict de Spinoza]], [[Søren Kierkegaard]], and [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]. | + | '''Leo Strauss''' is a German-born philosopher. Raised as an [[Orthodox Jew]], but became an [[atheist]] later in life. He fled to the [[United States]] when the [[Nazi]] party came into power, and became a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He specialized in the study of classical political philosophy, such as the philosophy of [[Plato]], [[Aristotle]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[Baruch Spinoza]] and [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]. |
| | Some of Leo Strauss' students include Supreme Court Justice [[Clarence Thomas]], Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], former 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; former [[FrontPage Magazine]] editor, Robert Locke; and [[Nobel Prize]] winning novelist [[Saul Bellow]]. | | Some of Leo Strauss' students include Supreme Court Justice [[Clarence Thomas]], Supreme Court nominee [[Robert Bork]], former 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; former [[FrontPage Magazine]] editor, Robert Locke; and [[Nobel Prize]] winning novelist [[Saul Bellow]]. |