... One is reminded of those who assert that either every word of the Bible (not to mention Aquinas' theology) must be literally true or none of it is true: no...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 6, 1999 7:44 pm
... (not to ... no ... for ... truth ... rhetorical ... the ... 164, ... Crisis in ... 1995) First, I would like to recommend to everyone Benardete's _Sacred ...
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John Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Aug 6, 1999 7:51 pm
Dear Mr. Pehme, What is it that one can no longer believe about Aquinas' God? I understand that there are many who never accepted the claims of Christian...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@...
Aug 7, 1999 3:38 am
... It is not from me, Mr. Pehme. It is from Benardete. Look up the article yourself, it is in the very first line: "Virtually everyone knows that Aristotle...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 7, 1999 1:20 pm
... understand that there are many who never accepted the claims of Christian (Thomistic or otherwise) revelation (i.e. the ... disprove Thomas' theology? The...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 7, 1999 1:24 pm
... "Virtually"? ... God die, too. Their stench is not less attractive. ... Mr. Sorensen, what do you expect to do with Aristotle's theos? Ignore it? We on...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@xxxx.xxxxxxx....
Aug 7, 1999 3:19 pm
... The word "virtually" means "almost" or "for the most part." Obviously some poeple do not know that Aristotle lies. For example, you. ... Well, I for one do...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 7, 1999 3:39 pm
... Fortunately, Mr. Sorensen keeps his democratic disposition where the "for the most part" determines what is. ... Are you saying, Mr. Sorensen, that...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@xxxx.xxxxxxx....
Aug 8, 1999 3:56 am
... Ah, when all else fails, the old ad hominem attack. And you claim rhetoric is dead! ... Again, it is Benardete saying it, not me. Second, I have no idea...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 8, 1999 1:14 pm
... What ad hominem attack? Are we not fortunate on this list, in this republic, for such a disposition? What has rhetoric to do with it? We here in New York...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 8, 1999 4:30 pm
Dear List Members: In honor of the goddess of Wisdom, whose feast is calculated for today, I want to make remarks on her glorious victory of Poseidon as she...
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Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@xxxxx.xx...
Aug 8, 1999 4:47 pm
Kalev, As usual, I read your comments with a smile, a friendly smile. Though not sure where the lines are drawn in the sand, sense we are on the same side... ...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 8, 1999 5:21 pm
... Yes, I have read Children of Athens quite a long time ago, and I have read much of Loraux's work, which I like very much. I recently finished her Mothers...
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Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@xxxxx.xx...
Aug 8, 1999 5:28 pm
I find The Invention of Athens one of those books that breaks up the frozen sea within. Also, "Cleisthenes the Athenian" by Leveque & Vidal-Naquet (though it...
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Steve Sorensen
ssorens@xxxx.xxxxxxx....
Aug 8, 1999 6:41 pm
... No, there is no "retreat." Just a simple distinction: "literally false" is not the same as "simply false." Once again, I suggest you read the article for ...
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John W. Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Aug 8, 1999 7:29 pm
Dear Sirs, Sorry to break in, but what does this have to do with Leo Strauss or his work? Since we are "sharing" about our personal faiths now, I would like to...
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Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@xxxxx.xx...
Aug 8, 1999 10:02 pm
John, I can assure you I was leaning on Strauss' City & Man when I wrote that......
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 8, 1999 11:59 pm
... Sadly, Mr. Sorensen, I don't believe that you represent Benardete properly. You ought to speak for yourself rather than others who are your betters. ... ...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Aug 9, 1999 12:01 am
... Mr. Grant's comedy regarding what is relevant or not, including his citations of every irrelevant factor in life including the latest edition of the...
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John W. Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Aug 9, 1999 2:07 am
Dear Mr. Caspar, I figured that was the kind of "connection" involved. Best, John Grant ... From: Claude Caspar <claudecaspar@...> To:...
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Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@xxxxx.xx...
Aug 9, 1999 2:18 am
John, Having read all of Strauss surely everything I say & do is esoterically informed. So imbibed, even when I piss it has as much depth of meaning as the...
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Irakly Areshidze
areshidz@xxxxxxx.xxxx...
Aug 9, 1999 6:27 pm
I am writing to inform those who may be interested of the Let Strauss Centennial Symposium that is being organized here at Middlebury this coming Fall. Public...
2887
kosta.simopoulos@xxxx...
Aug 9, 1999 6:29 pm
Kalev Pehme writes: "Finally, I want to note that when I went to the British Museum for the first time and walked among the Elgin Marbles, I wept before the...
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John Grant
jgrant@xxxx.xxxxxxx.x...
Aug 9, 1999 6:55 pm
Dear List Members, Any of you attending the American Political Science Association Meeting in Atlanta from September 1st to the 5th (or anyone who just lives...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@...
Aug 10, 1999 1:13 am
I can't stand the guilt any longer. It was I, I did it, and I did it with my little Nietzschean silver hammer. Thank G-d I've gotten it off my chest at long...
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Claude Caspar
claudecaspar@...
Aug 10, 1999 3:22 am
N would have been ecstatic in the absence of your G-d. A shame he never saw them, though....
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@...
Aug 10, 1999 10:20 am
Especially given his powerful instincts for the religious. ... From: Claude Caspar <claudecaspar@...> To: <leo-strauss@onelist.com> Sent: Monday,...
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Kalev Pehme
pehme@...
Aug 10, 1999 10:37 am
... There he goes again, taking credit for what he could not have done. No it was the Christian Greeks and the Muslim Turks who destroyed the sacred mount of...
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David McBryde
d.mcbryde@...
Aug 10, 1999 10:47 am
Does anyone know whether any Straussians have written on the Watergate scandal? If so, could you please supply me with the references. I don't care whether...
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Yaakov Abrahamson
yaakov@xxx.xxxx
Aug 10, 1999 1:34 pm
Oops! Seems a little iconoclastic humor is lost on an idol worshipper. ... From: Kalev Pehme <pehme@...> To: <leo-strauss@onelist.com> Sent:...
