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To: TigerPaw who wrote (483434)10/30/2003 11:39:38 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Therefore, in order to remain a philosopher, his appreciation of the problematic character of the solution must be paramount. Get it?

Also, Strauss considered Machiavelli's teaching to be wicked, and the beginning of modern political philosophy, divorced from ethics. He thought that Machiavelli had some insights, yes, insofar as he raised problems endemic to political theorizing, but studied him mainly to show where things started to go astray.