At the Limits of Political Philosophy: From "Brilliant Errors" to Things of Uncommon Importance

Contents

CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX Introduction PART I: The Stages ofPolitical Philosophy 1. The Intellectual Horizons of Political Philosophy 17 2. The Sequence of Political Philosophy 33 3· Modernity 49 PART II: The Grounds ofPolitical Realism 4. Evil and Political Realism 71 5. Regarding the Inattentiveness to Hell in Political Philosophy 8g 6. Dwellers in an Unfortified City: Death and Political Philosophy 103 PART III: At the Limits ofPolitical Philosophy 7. The Death of Christ and the Death of Socrates 123 8. Happiness and Salvation 145 g. Virtue and Vice: The Rule of the Self over the Self 16 1 Vlll PART IV: Political Philosophy and the Things of Uncommon Importance 10. Theology, Science, and Political Philosophy 1 1. Truth, Liberty, and Law 12. Friendship and Political Philosophy Conclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF NAMES INDEX OF SUBJECTS Contents 187 202 218 239 ...