Reading between the lines - Leo Strauss and the history of early modern philosophy (Hardcover, Digital original)

Since its publication in 1952, Leo Strauss's Persecution and the Art of Writing has stirred considerable controversy, particularly among historians concerned with early modern philosophy. On the one hand, several scholars share his view that it would be inadequate to generally take at face value the explicit message of texts which were composed in an era in which severe sanctions were imposed on those who entertained deviating views. 'Reading between the lines' therefore seems to be the appropriate hermeneutical approach. On the other hand, the risks of such an interpretative maxim are more than obvious, as it might come up to an unlimited license to ascribe heterodox doctrines to early modern philosophers whose manifest teachings were in harmony with the orthodox positions of their time. The conributions to this volume both address these methodological issues and discuss paradigmatic cases of authors who might indeed be candidates for a Straussian 'reading between the lines': Hobbes, Spinoza, and Bayle.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Winfried Schroeder
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	232
Edition:	Digital original
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-042749-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	3-11-042749-4
Barcode:	9783110427493

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