Cyrus the Gentleman (καλοκἀγαθός)?: Xenophon’s Cyropaedia and Leo Strauss
García Sánchez, Manel
Cyrus the Gentleman (καλοκἀγαθός)?: Xenophon’s Cyropaedia and Leo Strauss - 2023.
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Xenophon’s Cyropaedia has been extensively featured throughout Leo Strauss’ philosophical publications, and Cyrus the Great became a common place in his writing, although the German philosopher resorted to the same common clichés and topics: Cyrus was an Eastern tyrant who, by creating an empire in which his subjects were slaves of the Great King, had thwarted the original idea of Persian republicanism.
Cyrus the Gentleman (καλοκἀγαθός)?: Xenophon’s Cyropaedia and Leo Strauss - 2023.
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Xenophon’s Cyropaedia has been extensively featured throughout Leo Strauss’ philosophical publications, and Cyrus the Great became a common place in his writing, although the German philosopher resorted to the same common clichés and topics: Cyrus was an Eastern tyrant who, by creating an empire in which his subjects were slaves of the Great King, had thwarted the original idea of Persian republicanism.
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