Hannah Arendt Center presents:
Lecture: Thomas Meyer
"How to Study Modernity? An Intellectual Biography of Leo Strauss
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Arendt Center
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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In this talk Professor Meyer will develop two concepts on modernity which both start with Plato and Aristotle, but end up with very different conclusions.
Arendt formulates her solution in the form of a Political Theory that
affirms Modernity. Leo Strauss on the contrary insisted on the superiority
of classical Greek Political Philosophy.
Arendt formulates her solution in the form of a Political Theory that
affirms Modernity. Leo Strauss on the contrary insisted on the superiority
of classical Greek Political Philosophy.