The purpose of the leo-strauss list is to provide a forum for
thoughtful discussion of the ideas and works of Leo Strauss. For
extended slow readings of Strauss's works I have created a
separate list called "strauss-reading."

Leo Strauss was an important and influential political
philosopher. He was also one of the greatest teachers of his
time. What he aspired to teach, more than anything else, was a
new way of reading, a way of reading that makes old books come
alive. (The idea of what I call "Slow reading" is indebted to
Strauss and some of his students, although it may not be exactly
the same thing that Strauss was teaching. For a brief discussion
of what I mean by "slow reading," please see my essay at
http://www.freelance-academy.org/slowread.htm.)

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