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Leo Strauss Quotes

Leo Strauss quotes

Deutsch Philosopher September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973

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A conservative, I take it, is a man who despises vulgarity; but the argument which is concerned exclusively with calculations of success, and is based on blindness to the nobility of the effort, is vulgar. Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss quote: "But the God of the Bible is not only One, but the only..."
But the God of the Bible is not only One, but the only possible One. Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss quote: "God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise..."
God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible. Leo Strauss
God's reasons for communicating with man must be subsumed under his reason for communicating to him his account of his creation of the world - and man. Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss quote: "If God is One, and if there can be no other God, there can be..."
If God is One, and if there can be no other God, there can be no idea of God. Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss quote: "If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest..."
If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. Leo Strauss
All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible. Leo Strauss
The Jewish people and their fate are the living witness for the absence of redemption. This, one could say, is the meaning of the chosen people; the Jews are chosen to prove the absence of redemption. Leo Strauss
Existentialism is a 'movement' which like all such movements has a flabby periphery and a hard center. That center is the thought of Heidegger. Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss quote: "I cannot know anything of which there is and can be only one."
I cannot know anything of which there is and can be only one. Leo Strauss

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