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On How to Teach Old Books, Burnyeat vs Strauss, Part II

On How to Teach Old Books, Burnyeat vs Strauss, Part II

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On How to Teach Old Books, Burnyeat vs Strauss, Part II
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As I noted yesterday, in his famous polemical 1986 NRYB essay, Burnyeat treats Leo Strauss as a charismatic (he uses "inspiring") teacher, who founded a school. He quotes Coser to emphasize the point that Strauss "alone among eminent refugee intellectuals succeeded in attracting a brilliant galaxy of disciples who created an academic cult around his tea…

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