1. Trigger warning. I'm starting a twitter-essay on the sexual politics of Leo Strauss.
7. For philosophy to occur, the young must leave their family and seek the company of the philosopher. See opening of Plato's Republic.
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8. The family is the enemy of philosophy. Must be tolerated for prudential reasons but real relationship is friends/philosphers
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9. To a startling degree Strauss replicated this platonic model in midcentury America.
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