“All human thought, including scientific thought, rests on premises which cannot be validated by human reason and which came from historical epoch to historical epoch.”
― Natural Right and History
― Natural Right and History
“Spinoza was I think a cool, not to say cold, man. His posture toward revealed religion—in particular, Judaism—was simple contempt for the confused ideas underlying revealed religion [which he regarded as] nonsense. His posture I believe is [more] that of the cocksure unbelieving scientist than that of any man of an inner tragedy.”
― Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil
― Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's Beyond Good & Evil
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