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> Home | TOC | Index Acknowledgments The editor gratefully acknowledges permission to reprint the writings of Leo Strauss from the following sources: "Progress or Return? The Contemporary Crisis in Western Civilization" is reprinted by permission of the Johns Hopkins University Press from Modern Judaism 1 (1981): 17-45. It appears in the present book as sections I and II of "Progress or Return?" "The Mutual Influence of Theology and Philosophy" is reprinted by permission of The Independent Journal ofPhilosophy 3 (1979): 111-18. It appears in the present book as section III of "Progress or Return?" "Preface to the English Translation of Spinoza's Critique ofReligion" from Spinoza's Critique of Religion by Leo Strauss, translated by Elsa M. Sinclair. Copyright © 1965 by Schocken Books, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Schocken Books, published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc. "How to Study Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise" is reprinted by permission of the American Academy for Jewish Research from Proceedings of the American Academyfor Jewish Research 17 (1948): 69-13l. "Preface to Isaac Husik, Philosophical Essays: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern" is reprinted by permission of Basil Blackwell, Inc., from Philosophical Essays: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern by Isaac Husik, edited by Milton Nahm and Leo Strauss. Copyright © 1952 Basil Blackwell. "Introductory Essay" by Leo Strauss is reprinted from Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism by Hermann Cohen. Copyright © 1972 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. "Freud on Moses and Monotheism" is published with the permission of Joseph Cropsey and the Estate of Leo Strauss. "Why We Remain Jews" is published with the permission of Joseph Cropsey and the Estate of Leo Strauss. "On the Interpretation of Genesis" is reprinted by permission of L'Homme: revue franr;aise d'anthropologie 21 (1981): 5-36. ix > Home | TOC | Index x Ackllowledgmellts "Jerusalem and Athens" is reprinted by permission of The City College, The City University of New York from Jerusalem and Athens: Some Preliminary Reflections, The City College Papers, Number 6. The First Frank Cohen Public Lecture in Judaic Affairs. New York: The City College, 1967. The first paragraph of "What Is Political Philosophy?" is reprinted by permission of The Free Press, a division of Macmillan, Inc., from What Is Political Philosophy? and Other Studies by Leo Strauss. Copyright© 1959 The Free Press. "Review of J.L. Talmon, The Nature ofJewish History" is reprinted by permission of Joseph Cropsey and the Estate of Leo Strauss from The Journal ofModern Histonj 29 (1957): 306, which is published by the University of Chicago Press. "Letter to the Editor: The State of Israel" is reprinted by permission of National Review, Inc., 150 East 35th Street, New York, New York, 10016. "Introduction to Persecution and the Art of Writing" is reprinted by permission of the University of Chicago Press from Persecution and the Art of Writing by Leo Strauss. Copyright © 1988 by The University of Chicago Press. "Perspectives on the Good Society" is reprinted by permission of The Divinity School, The University of Chicago from Criterion 2, no. 3 (Summer 1963): 2-9. "An Unspoken Prologue to a Public Lecture at st. John's College" is reprinted by permission of Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy 7, no. 3 (1978): 1-3. "Preface to Hobbes Politische Wissenschaft" is reprinted by permission of both Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy 8, no. 1 (1979-80): 1-3, and the translator, Professor Donald J. Maletz. "A Giving of Accounts" is reprinted by permission of The st. John's Review from The College 22, no. 1 (April 1970): 1-5. "Plan of a Book Tentatively Entitled Philosophy and the Law: Historical Essays," the last paragraph of "Restatement on Xenophon's Hiero," and "Memorial Remarks for Jason Aronson," are published with the permission of Joseph Cropsey and the Estate of Leo Strauss. The editor gratefully acknowledges the Connaught Fund of the University of Toronto for a generous fellowship and aid to publication grant, which was a great help in the editing and production of the present work. And the editor also gratefully acknowledges the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Toronto, and its director, David Novak, for a further grant that assisted in the publication of this book. ...

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