Progressive Minds, Conservative Politics: Leo Strauss's Later Writings on Maimonides

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 The Guide of the Perplexed as a Jewish Book 23 2 The Guide of the Perplexed as a Work of Classical Political Philosophy 131 3 Torah and Philosophy in The Book of Knowledge 153 Conclusion 177 Appendix I: Preface to the 1963 edition of the Guide and Political regimes 185 Appendix II: New Worlds of Power: Maimonides, John Coltrane, and rabbi Akiva 193 Notes 199 Bibliography 233 Index 241 It is time to act for the Lord, for they have infringed Thy Law. —Psalms 119: 126 ...