Leo Strauss and the Recovery of Medieval Political Philosophy: Rochester Studies in Medieval Political Thought

Joshua Parens

Foreword by Douglas Kries Acknowledgment Abbreviations Introduction The Comprehensiveness of Political Philosophy in Alfarabi and Maimonides Law, Prophecy, and Philosopher as King and Outcast Vipers, Weeds, and Disorder in the Whole Escaping the Scholastic Paradigm Spinoza's Scholasticism and Alfarabi's Platonism The Differing Places of Metaphysics in Alfarabi and Thomas Aquinas From Political Philosophy to Enlightened Kalam: The 1930s and 1940s Maimonides's Secretiveness about Political Philosophy: The 1950s Theoretical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Happiness Maimonides's Guide as a Work of Political Philosophy Da capo: An Introduction to the Guide Appendix: A Critique of Pines's "Limitations" Article Notes Bibliography