... the spirit of the law. It appears, as best our system can determine, that these were her wishes. My then brother-in-law always said that he did not want...
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Rafe, It was clear that W.D. was reluctant to elaborate too much on the personal dimension (the whole talk, he said, was more in the nature of a "report", and...
Strauss was using the work apikoros as the Hebrew/Yiddish religious expression for unbeliever or heretic, based ultimately on the Greek word, Epicurean. This...
So with that meaning and all the possible greek meanings that Strauss would have known about, that is funny indeed. Is there a distinction between unbeliever...
Ray Valle writes: ... Why does prudence require a result? Sometimes the most prudent thing to do is to do nothing and do it very well. [snip] ... Yes. But...
... Anastaplo makes similar observations: "[Strauss] always felt vulnerable, physically and financially, even while most confident about his ability to think...
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Gary Thanks for the report. It is greatly appreciated. If you have the time it would be interesting to hear more on W.D. said about Strauss's political views....
... Good question. Anyone? ... Here is the description of the painting from Peter Strieder, ed., Albrecht Durer: Paintings, Prints, Drawings (New York: Abaris...
The Jew is represented by the Hare and the Falcon or Eagle by non-Jewish governments. The Hare is often seen dangling from the talons of the bird of prey or...
... Exactly my point. That would have been the prudent thing for Strauss to have done. ... I will let "philosophical prudence' pass as that is the general...
... Unbeliever and heretic may not believe in the religious structure of the organization and still believe in a god, isn't that the case? Many heretics died...
My Reference is Jewish. "The Moss Haggadah", illustrated by David Moss, Bet Alpha Editions 1990, pp 26-28. Hare hunts appear in many Haggadahs on the Kiddush...
Ray Valle writes: [snip] ... Well, I see nothing prudent or imprudent about it all. I really don't see your point. [snip] ... No, metaphysics doesn't go away...
... Then what do you make of the following passage: "Mr. Strauss's curious sense of vulnerability (which he himself never seemed to treat as a serious defect)...
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... Oops, and also: Deutsch, Kenneth L., and John A. Murley. Leo Strauss, the Straussians, and the American Regime. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Pub.,...
... And thought the Jewish State a good thing. ... And therefore the rejection of Sharon, any more than the Jewish State, as a solution to the "Jewish problem"...
... be ... medical ... the ... Inappropriate! On this list? That's a bit much, Andrew. I post on other lists where the owners are like old ladies who deem...