Yet another religious cult raided

[Occhidiangela]

I do think Leo Strauss is a modern genius of political philosophy and worthy of study, but I'm also not his fan boy. I'd say the same of Marx, Engels, Nietzsche, Kant, Popper, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Hayek, Nozick and some others.

Rand, perhaps?

*ducks*

Strauss a genius? Hmmm. Not convinced. A serious student of the overlap of politics and philosophy, sure.

I find the reductionist charge that so and so is "a Straussian" or "a disciple of Leo Strauss" an overused attack on any number of political personalities. It's sorta like "you're a commie" or "you're a Nazi" as a slam, an attempt to pigeonhole someone you disagree with into some abyss of evil and vileness.

As though anyone relies on a single mind, a single ideator, for inspiration and baseline principles. Most people aren't that shallow.

Granted, there are some self professed fans / disciples of Strauss running amok in Washington, some of whom I'd like to meet in person just once: I'll see the doctor for the broken hand later.

Occhi