Can one of you learned friends clarify for me the "Greekness" of Alexander and those successor-kingdoms of the Ptolemies and Seleucids? I have found ...
Hi Tom, Gary Interesting project. I've had a crack at changing another section (Characterization of...) which I think went in the same direction Gary...
Paul, Gary Given that Gary might have had numerous things in mind I suppose it is not too obvious to point out that the gentlemen referred to would have called...
Dear Andrew, This is helpful and addresses part of the ambiguity for me. Please continue to clarify: Is there a Greek empire at all following the death of...
Dear Gary Still not sure I am onto the right thing here, but your encouragement pushes me on. Being Greek was their "cultural" world, and they were taught to ...
Dear Gary Actually my words were "see themselves as Greek" (not "Greeks"). This may or may not be irrelevant, depending on why you're rooting around in all...
Paul, Thank you. This is helpful. It's a bit difficult to explain what I need this for, but suffice it to say that I'm investigating aspects of Jewish history...
... say ... they ... The Seleucids are a dynasty of Greek rulers who took possession of part of the empire of Alexander. They are not Syrian by any stretch,...
Hey Kalev! Long time, no P. I thank you for your first five paragraphs, before, that is, you lapse reflexively into your little song and dance about what...
Dear Gary You did not really explain what the ambiguity was. I see no big problem in the fact that there is a difference between one's ethnic and cultural...
... reflexively into your ... There is no song and dance. Judaism has changed from where a god of metamorphosis was worshipped with rites of sacrifice through...
Mr. Pehme, The present post is typical of your very best efforts on this list. One would be a fool to argue too much with you as you are correct in every...
... The moral god, to me, is hardly edifying, but an intolerable bore that makes divinity an excuse to despise and torture human beings. Morality is a truly ...
... that are ... And yet Mr. Pehme you will, no doubt, hope to live with those who do not murder, or steal, or lie. If they come to such behavior by way of Law...
... I prefer that people come to the understanding that murder is wrong in another way, through good thinking. The law of god has hardly been a deterrent in...
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... From: "Icastes" <icastes@...> To: <leo-strauss@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:02 AM Subject: RE: [leo-strauss] Re: Question...
Derek Cross writes: [snip] ... deciphered, ... Have not read _The Rule of Four_. But you don't make it very appetizing. However, the notion of reading a book...
Dear P., The present post is typical of your efforts on this list. One would be a fool to argue too much with you as you are unreachable in every important...
Mr. Dog writes: [snip] ... time. They ... have heard of ... went ... capitulation and ... Nonsense. The Greek-speaking rabbis did change their god. The...
... <<<<Maimonides goes so far as to say that when the temple is reconstituted there will be no sacrifices in it.<<<< I wouldn't be surprised. The active...
... would be a fool to argue too much with you as you are unreachable in every important regard; nevertheless, your comments may be edifying, in a negative...
... in ... edifying, ... from ... Very nice, Gary; nevertheless, I do not think your position is well served by failing to admit that the redoubtable Mr. Pehme...
Dear Tim, Thanks for your interest and support. If I were you, I would not be so quick to give away the farm. Speaking generally, can you imagine Leo Strauss...
Gary, My intention is not to "give away the farm," but rather to respond honestly to Mr. Pehme point of view. I supose one might hold, even these days,...
CALL FOR PAPERS "New Perspectives on Leo Strauss from America and Europe" New School for Social Research, New York November 17-18, 2005 The legacy of Leo...
Dear Tim, There are important differences between humility, obsequiousness, and masochism. Gary ... From: Timothy E. Kennelly Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005...
--I wouldn't say this has anything to do with Strauss, but I heard something on NPR this evening as I was driving that got me thinking. Tony Shaloub, the...
For heaven's sake, welcome back...and at such a late hour, too! Yes, those sociological facts about certain Muslim extremists have been established for a...
