Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He investigates its origins, possibilities, and intention against the nonphilosophical background from which it emerged.

Relying exclusively on the texts, Professor Strauss analyzes and compares every seemingly casual utterance as well as the more formal statements to recover the true Socrates and to determine the character of political philosophy. He investigates its origins, possibilities, and intention against the nonphilosophical background from which it emerged.

施特劳斯自认最好的两部作品之一。 一个人未必要了解万物的本性， 但必须关心如何过个人和集体的生活。

施特劳斯自认最好的两部作品之一。 一个人未必要了解万物的本性， 但必须关心如何过个人和集体的生活。

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta,...(展开全部)

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta,...(展开全部)

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta,...(展开全部)

From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides and The Landmark Herodotus , here is a new edition of Xenophon’s Hellenika , the primary source for the events of the final seven years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. Hellenika covers the years between 411 and 362 B.C.E., a particularly dramatic period during which the alliances among Athens, Sparta,...(展开全部)

In one of his last books, Socrates and Aristophanes, Leo Strauss's examines the confrontation between Socrates and Aristophanes in Aristophanes' comedies. Looking at eleven plays, Strauss shows that this confrontation is essentially one between poetry and philosophy, and that poetry emerges as an autonomous wisdom capable of rivaling philosophy.

尼采(Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche，1844——1900)，德国诗人哲学家、古典语言学家、思想家。24岁就被聘请为瑞士巴塞尔大学的德语古典语文学教授，专攻古希腊文、拉丁文文献。主要著作有《不合时宜的沉思》《扎拉图斯特拉如是说》《快乐的科学》《偶像的黄昏》《朝霞》《道德的谱系》《善恶的彼岸》《重估一切价值》等。尼采被誉为西方现代哲学的开创者，他的著作对人文学科几乎所有领域提出了深刻的批判，并预言工业文明带来的现代性挑战，至今影响着西方世界。他的著作的风格特征是，充满格言警句和悖论，其独特性无与伦比。 田立年，北京大学哲学博士，浙江大学人文高研院驻访学者和访问学者，柏林洪堡大学、格赖夫斯瓦尔德大学、香港汉语基督教文化研究所访问学者，译有《哲学与真理——尼采1872-1876笔记选》《悲剧的诞生》《尼采与古典传统》《尼采与古代》等...(展开全部)