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Leo Strauss
On Tyranny

PhilosophyPolitical science

On Tyranny

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First published: 1948
Language: English
Editions: 12

Synopsis

This title is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue 'Hiero', or 'Tyrannicus', in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantes of exercising tyranny.

Subjects: Philosophy
Political science
Correspondence
Government
Political science, philosophy
Water-supply
Characters: Xenophon
Alexandre Kojève

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