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Subject Index
Abdication, 54,
57, 63; see also Suicide
Absolutism, 281
Actualizing (making real), 139, 146,
156, 170, 175, 232-33, 290
Admiration, 30, 42-45, 49, 64, 89, 160,
162, 238, 300
Affection: see Love
Ambition, xx, 49, 51, 53, 110n35
Anamnesis, 267, 275
Anthropology, 232, 262
Aristocracy, 71, 140-42, 150, 228, 267
Art, 26, 260, 269, 313
Astronomy, 278
Athens, 76, 274, 293, 296
Authoritarianism, 23; see also Despotism
Authority, 70, 141-45, 189
Automata, xiv, 255
Beneficence, 19-20, 29, 59, 69-71, 74-75, 83, 89-
90, 92, 99
Bible, 175, 178, 183-85, 189, 191-92,
238, 262
Bourgeoisie, 140-41, 151, 164, 232
Catholicism, 234
Chorismos, 282, 292, 302
Christianity, 141, 151, 158-59, 164,
171-73, 184, 232, 238, 269, 27273, 301-
2, 305
Circularity, xvii, xix, 237, 256, 281
Classical, viii, x, xxi, 23, 178, 184, 231,
255-56, 281
Collectivization, xxi, 27, 146, 262
Comedy, 267-68, 275
Constitution(s), 74, 288; see also Law
Conversation, 38, 267, 275
Cosmos, 233, 284, 294
Courage, 64, 71, 118n6, 228, 267, 296
Deduction, xix, 256, 262, 269, 284
Democracy, 32, 42, 47, 71, 76, 157,
234, 266
Democritus, 201, 269-74, 303
Despotism, 144
Determinism, 228
Diairesis, 266, 268, 279, 283, 286-87,
289, 302
Dialectic, xiii, xiv, 41, 148-49, 165, 167,
229, 231-33, 267, 289, 300, 302
Dialogue, 27, 66-68, 275-77, 287,
292
Dictatorship, 23, 144, 177
Divinity, 85, 140, 271, 295-99, 300
Doxa, 160, 277; see also Opinion
Eleatic Stranger, 77, 278, 292-93, 300-301
Elenchus, Socratic, 50
Empire, 171-72
Emulation, 141, 143; see also Recognition
End-State, 238, 290; see also History,
Nietzsche, Real man, State
Envy, 4, 13-15, 20-21, 44-45, 82-84,
110n36, 166n5
Epicureanism, xviii, 150-54, 162-63,
296, 303
Eros, 278
Eugenics, 262
Excellence, 43, 82; see also Gentleman,
Real man, Virtue
Existentialism, 244, 262
Fame, 228; see also Real man
Fascism, 234; see also Hitler
Fatherland, 11, 21, 52-53, 70, 96-98,
171
Fear, 4, 7, 11-14, 41, 51-54, 97, 228-29, 232-
33, 273-75
Freedom, xiv, xvi, xx, 5, 41, 43, 65, 69,
71, 84, 232-33, 256, 270
Friendship, 7-9, 84, 52-53, 96-97,
114n30, 194-96
Gentleman, 40, 42-43, 52, 94,
105,
181f, 190, 193f.
Gifts, 14, 16
God(s), 53, 85, 103-5, 115n40, 160-61,
166n5, 167, 197, 255, 271,
273, 278-79, 282, 284-85, 297
Good, the, 4, 52-53, 79, 84-85, 92-95, 267, 277-
79, 283-87, 293,
302
Government, 62, 73, 270
Happiness, xiii, 8, 21, 29-30, 34,
43,
64, 72-73, 81-82, 84, 182, 234,
237, 271
Hebrew, 171; see also Judaism, "Judeo-Christian"
Heterogeneity, 277, 287; see also
Homogeneity
Historical, 138, 155, 228, 230, 237,
255-56; see also Historicism, History
Historicism, 25, 27, 251, 256, 280; see
also Relativism
History, xiii, 152, 160, 168, 173, 175,
198, 207, 208, 210, 228, 232-33,
237, 256, 281, 284, 286, 290
Homogeneity, xiii, 146, 238, 277
homogeneous, xv, xx, 168, 172-73,
192, 207-9, 238, 255-56, 262
Homosexuality, 7, 50; see also Honor,
Love, Sex
Honor, 10, 14-15, 18, 54-55, 60-62,
70, 80-81, 95, 99-100, 115n40,
139, 140, 142, 185-89, 228, 238,
271, 275
Human being (anthropos), 3, 14,
15n40, 190, 228, 232-33, 23739, 255-
56, 266, 278-79, 29697, 303;
see also Real man
Human nature, xx, xxi, 27, 228, 26162, 270-
71, 279; see also Nature
Humanism, 228
Idea, 268-69, 277-79, 283,
292-93,
297
Idealism, 26, 232
Ideology, xi, xii, 23, 146, 232, 290
Injustice, 56-58, 67; see also Justice,
Law
Irony, 41, 266-70, 273-74, 277, 28284, 287, 289, 299-
301
Islam, 171, 238
Judaism, 238
"Judeo-Christian," 140-41
Just, the, 76, 84, 266-70, 274, 279,
293
Justice, 12, 56-58, 64, 71, 73-74, 91,
93, 104, 129n43, 267, 279
Kindness, 60, 64, 69, 83
Kingship, 68, 75
Knowledge, 74, 161, 229, 232, 277-81
Koinonia (Community), 281, 283,
287-89, 302
Law, 65, 68, 72-76, 104-5, 115n43
Liberal, xxii, 138, 146; see also Democracy
Liberty, 69; see also Freedom
Logos, 278, 281
Love, 16, 60-62, 64, 79, 81, 87-90,
125n59, 130, 142, 156, 198-99
Magnanimity, 228
Mass-state, 23; see also End-State
Master, xiii, 140, 142, 145, 170-71,
189, 190, 232, 267; see also Real man
Materialism, 232
Mercenaries, 17, 19, 63, 69-70, 89, 139
Mesotos, 285-86, 288-89
Metaphysics, 228
Metrion, 278
Military, 54, 63, 69
Misery, 43, 49, 65
Misology, 99, 267, 275
Moderation, 40, 64-65, 72
Modernity, ix-xx, 23, 139, 177
Monarchy, 32, 42, 69
Moral, xiii, 42
Mysticism, 275, 290
Nationalism, 256;
see also Fatherland,
Patriot
Natural right, xxi
Nature, xix-xx, 23, 27, 40, 65, 94-95,
168, 178, 208, 228, 267
Naziism, xxii; see also Fascism, Hitler
Neo-Platonism, 269-70, 272, 276
Noble, the, 9, 17, 20, 42, 60~62, 64-65,
79, 81, 84, 94, 136
Nous, 278, 284, 290, 297
Opinion, xii, 160, 281;
see also Doxa
Order, 268, 288-90
Owl of Minerva, xvi
Pathology, 66
Patriot, 55; see also Fatherland
Philosophy, ix, x, xi, xiii, 147, 155, 177;
see also Classical, History, Modernity,
Wisdom
Phronesis, 297
Piety, 103-5; see also God(s)
Pleasure, 3-9, 37-38, 48-49, 60, 65,
96-102
Poet, 39, 44, 53-56, 63-64, 80, 138,
146, 187, 189-90
Private life, 10, 49-50, 78
Prizes, 63, 138
Propaganda, xiv, 305
Protestantism, 107, 234, 268
Providence, xx
Prudence, 62
Puritanism, 228
Rational, xiv, xvi, 232
Real man (aner), 8, 14, 51-55, 81, 84,
94, 113n18, 113n22, 116n44, 140,
209; see also Human being
Recognition, xii, xiii, xviii, 142-47, 15657, 159-
60, 189, 191, 197, 203,
210, 237-38; see also Verification
Relativism, xvii, 256, 280, 288; see also
History
Revolution, xiv, xv, 137, 139, 149, 194,
232-33, 303
Rhetoric, xii, xix, 26-27, 60, 228, 267
Russia, 256
Scholasticism, 228
Science, x, 23, 177-78, 186; see also Ideology,
Modernity, Technology
Self-consciousness, xvi, 237
Self-sufficiency, 200
Sex, 3, 6, 50; see also Love, Pleasure
Silence, 53-54, 58-59, 84, 114n27, 138,
236, 281
Skepticism, xvii, xix, xx, 152, 196, 232;
see also Zetetic
Slave, 140, 142, 145, 170, 189, 190,
232; see also Master
Society, xi, 160
Sophia, 297; see also Wisdom
Sophist(s), 42, 94, 266-67, 278-83,
286, 301; see also Wisdom
Sparta, 72
Stakhanovite, 138, 188; see also Mao Tse
Tung
State, 137-38, 141, 144-48, 152, 16064,
168-73; see also History
Statesman, 138
Stoicism, 232, 269, 272
Struggle, 232-33
Subjective certainty, xviii, 196, 200, 202,
204; see also Recognition, Verification
Suicide, 29, 34, 58, 117n51; see also Abdication
Technology, xi, xii, 23, 186, 194
Teleology, 237, 269, 278-79, 289
Temperance, 267; see also Gentleman, Moderation
Theistic, 152
Theology, 269; see also Christianity, God(s), Judaism, "Judeo-Christian,
"
Piety
Thomism, 244
Totalitarianism, 23; see also Authoritarianism,
Despotism
Tragedy, 275; see also Comedy
Transcendentalism, 232, 237
Truth, 27, 64-65, 255-56
Tyrannicide, 45
Universality, xiii;
see also Homogeneity
Utopia, 137-39, 146-47, 164-65,
173, 175, 177, 187-88, 210, 232, 303
Value judgments, 23
Vanity, xviii, 233; see also Recognition
Verification, 160, 165; see also Recognition
Virtue, xxii, 8, 12, 20-21, 41, 61, 64,
69, 71-72, 75, 92-103, 182, 228-29, 267, 271, 295
War, 9, 52-53
Whole, 279, 292-93
Wisdom, xiii, xiv, xvi, xix, 37, 40-44,
85-86, 147, 150-51, 159, 174, 234, 236, 238, 262, 277-79, 283
Wise man, 33, 35,
38, 40-44, 67, 79, 83, 93, 147, 190
Work, 232-33
Zetetic, xii, 196; see also
Skepticism
"Must reading for our time." -- Allan Bloom
On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's
dialogue, Hiero or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss
the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition
includes a translation of the dialogue, Strauss's commentary, a critique of the commentary
by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojeve, Strauss's restatement of his
position in light of Kojeve's comments, and finally, the complete
Strauss-Kojeve
correspondence.
"Through [Strauss's] interpretation Xenophon appears to us as no longer
the somewhat dull and flat author we know, but as a brilliant and subtle
writer, an original and profound thinker. What is more, in interpreting
this forgotten dialogue,
Strauss lays bare great moral and political problems that are still
ours."
-- Alexandre Kojeve, Critique
"On Tyranny
is a complex and stimulating book with its 'parallel
dialogue' made all the more striking since both participants take such
unusual, highly provocative positions, and so force readers to face
substantial problems in what are often wholly unfamiliar, even shocking
ways."
-- Robert Pippin, History and Theory
"Every political scientist who tries to disentangle himself from the
contemporary
confusion over the problems of tyranny will be much indebted to this
study and inevitably use it as a starting point."
-- Eric Voegelin, The Review of Politics
LEO STRAUSS (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished
Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
VICTOR
GOUREVITCH is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy (emeritus) at
Wesleyan University. MICHAEL ROTH is president of Wesleyan University.
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