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To: Gary H who wrote (17462)	3/9/2003 8:06:35 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81945

Gary, very interesting about Strauss and his influence on politics. I have been trying to learn more about him and it seems he was not a radical or subversive, on the contrary, he was a philosopher and an excellent teacher of philosophy. >>> What he aspired to teach, more than anything else, was a new way of reading, a way of reading that makes old books come alive. <<< groups.yahoo.com freelance-academy.org I am always impressed with people who respect the historic roots of their particular field because, IMO, it gives a dimension to their thinking which, otherwise, cannot be achieved. It also shows they respect the "masters" of their profession, which I like, because I feel if children don't respect their parents then they don't respect themselves. On quite another tack, however, I have to say I am always suspicious of those who base their thinking only on reason, like philosophers, lawyers, mathematicians etc. For me, thinking has to be a balance between the left brain (reason, logic, truth, science, objectivity) and the right brain (feeling, emotion, intuition, art, imagination, subjectivity). Clearly, a suitable balance is often impossible to achieve. That's why I like the stockmarket so much because it demands all one's intellectual resources and, in the end, shows us that we still can't win.