It's undeniable that Allan Bloom had a profound impact on Paul Wolfowitz's mind and career.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @DamonLinker
Influence is not self-identification. Socrates may have "influenced" Alcibiades. Is Alcibiades a Socratic?
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Replying to @kallipolis1973 @HeerJeet
Or perhaps a more apt comparison: Was Alexander the Great acting as an Aristotelian in conquering the world?
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Replying to @DamonLinker @kallipolis1973
Too complicated for twitter but there's a reasonable case Wolfowitz is Strauss-inflected even if not Straussian
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Replying to @HeerJeet @kallipolis1973
Sure, some influence is there. But I think those who devote lives to reading philosophy are truer to Strauss.
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Replying to @DamonLinker @HeerJeet
"But I think those who devote lives to reading philosophy are truer to Strauss." Agreed.
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Replying to @kallipolis1973 @DamonLinker
True to Strauss, yes, but Straussianism has a life of its own apart from whatever is in Strauss.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @kallipolis1973
My point is that Jaffa Straussianism has shape you say. But Bloom Straussianism is mostly apolitical.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @kallipolis1973
Fair enough. Best apolitical: Tom Pangle, Seth Benardete, Chris Bruell, David Bolotin, Stan Rosen, Arthur Melzer
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I took classes with Pangle. He's very political. Agree on the others.
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