. . . while untrue promotes general virtue. 2. Esoteric vs exoteric textual interpretation. Since you can't just go and TELL everyone you're lying to them, Straussian texts have a superficial meaning that is immediately apparent to a casual or naive reader; underneath,
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a different (and perhaps contradictory) meaning may be inferred by a careful reader. Presumably their sophistication renders them less-vulnerable to the downsides of the dangerous Truth.
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The noble lie is itself subject to an esoteric interpretation. Plato says that the polis must tell people that they all came from the earth, and that the souls of the ruling class are made from higher metals.
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So, the citizens have a right to there land, the government has a right to rule, and the ruling class must act in the best interest of the whole.
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