Dear Yaakov, Sorry, but I think you've lost me again. Nietzsche's "God is dead" means that we've seen the falsity of this age old illusion; God is ...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 3:53 pm
... There is something obviously wrong here. That god is dead is not that the god was illusion. The belief that god is an illusion is nothing new and that ...
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David Wilfinger
DJW@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 4:39 pm
Dear Mr. Pehme, In Nietzsche the death of God means that we have lost that which guarantees us our status as individual subjects. No God--no subject--no ...
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Chuck Salvo
chucks@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 1, 1999 11:43 pm
... regard it ... am ... I had thought that Strauss wrote that there is no viable alternative to the western liberal democracies -- and at a time when...
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Jeff Keys
jskeys@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 2, 1999 9:40 pm
I would have to guess that the threat comes from "the decline, if not the extinction, of civic virtue or of public spirit," a phrase Strauss uses in ...
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JCWENGER@xxx.xxx
Jul 5, 1999 3:30 am
I wrote: "Chuck Salvo was proposing the possibility that two scientists could have two incompatible theories that nonetheless both explain the common phenomena...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@xxx.xxxx
Jul 5, 1999 6:45 pm
Shalom By way of sharpening our focus and deeping our understanding of the serious questions surrounding nihilism, piety, metaphysics, etc., I'm posting a...
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Chuck Salvo
chucks@xxxx.xxxx
Jul 6, 1999 2:38 am
It is difficult to see how this passage buttresses the position often heard in these parts; namely, a nostalgia for classicism, often combined with a belief in...
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John Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Jul 6, 1999 2:32 pm
Dear Mr. Salvo, I think that A) Strauss was a philosopher, and B) Strauss' rejection of Heidegger is very clear. *NRH*, which you talk about below, is an...
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Chuck Salvo
chucks@...
Jul 6, 1999 5:29 pm
Strauss writes: "The only question of importance, of course, is the question whether Heidegger's teaching is true or not. But the very question is deceptive ...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@...
Jul 6, 1999 7:35 pm
Shalom Chuck I believe that Strauss learned much from his studies of Nietzsche (a lifetime interest), but it seems to me that his deepest lessons came from...
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Chuck Salvo
chucks@...
Jul 7, 1999 4:15 am
Yaakov: I need to get some clarification on some points you've made before I can move on to political philosophy and the rescuing of American liberalism. First...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@xxx.xxxx
Jul 7, 1999 4:22 pm
... Yes. ... Not exactly. Political philosophy thrives best in communities whose highest authority is religious. Before such a tribunal the philosopher is...
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Chuck Salvo
chucks@...
Jul 8, 1999 4:00 am
... with some snips ... (at ... [Yaakov Abrahamson replied] ... highest authority is religious. Before such a tribunal the philosopher is perforce viewed as...
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John W. Grant
jgrant@...
Jul 8, 1999 5:13 am
Perhaps you could explain to me the "fundamental Biblical nature of Heidegger's thought?" I think that Heidegger's rejection of the Bible (Jewish or...
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Dan Watkins
dwatkins@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 14, 1999 1:31 am
test...
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Mark Gibson
mgibson@xxx.xx.xxx
Jul 14, 1999 5:15 pm
... My guess is that he hoped some virtues can be taught in part, to those who are receptive. I believe the virtue he teaches is moderation. ... They would be...
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Mark Gibson
mgibson@xxx.xx.xxx
Jul 14, 1999 5:37 pm
I remember Allan Bloom in his last ywear at the University of Toronto telling us first-year students not to bother with _National Review_ because of its...
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Dan Watkins
dwatkins@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 14, 1999 7:40 pm
Dear Mr. Gibson ... What is an intellectual in this negative sense, and why is it bad to be an intellectual? How does the intellectual differ from other,...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jul 14, 1999 7:36 pm
... Let's get real here: What intellectuals are there at the National Review? One finds a lot of political hacks there, but hardly any intellectuals. After...
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John Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Jul 14, 1999 7:53 pm
I hope that at some point you will publish your ruminations on the conservative movement in America someday Mr. Pehme-they are at the least amusing. Strauss...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Jul 15, 1999 3:04 pm
... conservative movement in America someday Mr. Pehme-they are at the least amusing. ... conservatism than liberalism. I wouldn't identify him with *National...
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John Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Jul 15, 1999 3:51 pm
Dear Mr. Pehme, I'm not going to waste time on a defense of Rudy Guliani or Jesse Helms etc., because it has nothing to do with this list and I don't...
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David McBryde
d.mcbryde@...
Jul 15, 1999 4:19 pm
... Conservatives have been much more willing to use Strauss's arguments on various matters for their own purposes (as they are perfectly entitled to do), the...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Jul 15, 1999 5:54 pm
... Every third tier classical orchestra in the US died within a year. The basic reality is that the attack upon the arts that emanates in Congress has the...
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kent.guida@...
Jul 15, 1999 6:34 pm
Mr. Pehme brilliantly, if unintentionally, illustrates Mark Gibson's hypothesis about Bloom not wanting to be identified with National Review for fear of...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Jul 15, 1999 6:34 pm
David McBryde writes: [snip] ... Mr. McBryde is correct as usual. The interesting problem that often is at the heart of this problem regarding the alleged...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Jul 15, 1999 7:01 pm
... Tsk, tsk. Nothing left wing from my end. Moreover, I would point out that Bloom is more to the left than people realize. After all, who are some of Bloom's...
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J Keyser
key@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jul 18, 1999 4:37 am
... Speech is logical, rhetorical and grammatical (among other things). Each of these three names a discipline. Those who submit to the rules of art of each of...
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kosta.simopoulos@xxxx...
Jul 19, 1999 4:22 pm
"For instance, Clinton blamed the "hateful religion" (Christianity) of the Serbs for their behavior in Kosovo-sentiments which sound very much like your...
