Leo Strauss observers: I seem to recall that Seth Bernadette claimed LS praised Joseph McCarthy in early 1950s. Did I imagine this?
@faceattack @marksholdice Strauss is like Crumb's Meatball. He either hits you & you get it, or he doesn't: http://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/robert-crumbs-meatball/ …
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@HeerJeet@marksholdice there’s definitely an appeal to an intellectual tradition that treats great texts like secret Rorschach blobs. -
@faceattack@HeerJeet Ted McAllister's book on Voegelin and Strauss is very helpful in decoding the esoteric parts - which are rather banal
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