@HeerJeet Strauss criticizes McCarthy in "On Plato's Symposium"
Leo Strauss observers: I seem to recall that Seth Bernadette claimed LS praised Joseph McCarthy in early 1950s. Did I imagine this?
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@marksholdice Ah, thanks! I was thinking my memory or Bernadette's account might be wrong since LS was Stevenson Democrat in early 1950s - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Haven't heard that, but Strauss loathed McCarthy and everything he stood for as inimical to intellectual freedom. -
@mjwstickings Yeah, it looks like my memory is playing tricks with me. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet And in 1954 Strauss writes of "men like Senator Joseph McCarthy” as one of “the contemporary dangers to intellectual freedom”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Late to this, but you're familiar with his student Anastaplo, yes? http://anastaplo.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/a-letter-of-june-22-1961-from-leo-strauss-to-george-anastaplo-in-chicago-after-a-decision-by-the-united-states-supreme-court-in-re-george-anastaplo-366-u-s-82-1961-a-cold-war-bar-admi/ … -
@mike_digs Yes, one of my favorite Straussians.
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