Leo Strauss lectures on Plato's Meno 1 - [1966]

University of Chicago
Spring 1966

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Education

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• Leo Strauss
• Plato
• Plato's Meno
• Meno
• Socrates
• Husserl
• Heidegger
• Tocqueville
• Max Weber
• Political Science
• Political Philosophy

[Tristanoliver]

I'm so glad I found you Mr Allan Bloom. Are these the tapes to the transcripts of Strauss' lectures?

[MrAllanBloom]

Yes, this is the voice of Leo Strauss lecturing in 1966 on Plato's Meno.

The series of the first lecture will contain some 6 segments. There were 16 or 17 lectures delivered, unless I am mistaken.

[JohananRaatz]

"NEOCONS are fascists without the anti-semitism."

If you had read Strauss's Natural Right and History you would understand just how absurd that statement is. The first part of his book deals with bringing moral judgments into politics so as to EXPLICITLY AVOID the evils of the 20th century like communism and fascism.

[ModernMaverick]

Beautiful! Just like Socrates philosophizing in the agora, Strauss philosphizes near the streets--you can hear the cars passing by!

[illmaticDH]

For those who are interested, The Leo Strauss Center has this lecture, which is an hour and twenty minutes long in total, as well as fifteen other lectures of similar length as part of Strauss's course on Plato's Meno.

They are available for download at this URL:

leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu/­course/plato-meno-spring-quart­er-1966

[mightybaboonking]

A wonderful recording. Thanks so much for posting!

[alfarabi73]

MrAllanBloom,

You are conflating two entirely different issues. While I agree that "exenrotexas" claim is scurrilous and misleading, Socrates was indeed guilty of the charges brought against him by Meletus, et al.--something that a careful reading of both Plato and Xenophon concede, as well as Strauss himself (and his disciples).

[aes229]

Exactly! That's the beautiful irony of it that a lot of people don't get. Although i would add that it is an attempt at a justification, with the awareness that such natural justification for liberalism might not exist.

[staffogame0]

Merci infiniment !

C'est juste incroyable d'entendre la voix véritable d'un des plus grands philosophes du XXeme siècle.

(Thank you very much for this collection's piece)

[fomastephanovitch]

I'm from NZ and I'm stunned by the clarity and sophistication of "neo-conservatism".

It's a justification of liberal values jeez!

[MrAllanBloom]

I have allowed the above comments to be viewed because it is necessary to see the kinds of attacks that have been and continue to be made against Strauss. One mustn't forget that Socrates was hauled into court on capital charges, by Meletus, Anytus, and Lycon. Strauss too is accused of being a "corrupter of the young."

[JulesTheophraste]

Before repeating such silliness, did you ever read anything by Leo Strauss? Before accusing people to ba fascists, did you ever intempted to collect evidences?

Your practices are really those of totalitarians that Strauss denounces!

[ShahidMiller]

Thanks for posting ... I just started reading Natural Right and History tonight. This lecture has some interesting resonances with what I have read so far, certainly!