In his masterpiece โThe Three Waves of Modernity,โ the preeminent 20th century philosopher Leo Strauss explained the political crisis of his timeโand, arguably, for our own. According to Strauss: The modern crisis begins for Strauss in the 16th century with Machiavelli. For traditional right and wrong, Machiavelli substituted a โrealisticโ view that understood โrightโ as…
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