Plato in the intellectual relation between Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss

  • Bernat Torres Morales Universidad de Barcelona
  • Josep Monserrat Molas Universidad de Barcelona
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASHF.2011.v28.36289
Keywords: History of Philosophy, Philosophy and Revelation, Plato, Polilical Philosophy, Strauss, Voegelin.

Abstract

This essay examines the relationship between Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss in order to show the central themes necessary to elucidate their philosophical positions. The essay reveals the centrality of the figure of Plato as a point of departure to understand the agreement and the disagreement concerning fundamental questions (such as the way of reading ancient texts, the importance of the historical perspective or the importance of the study of the past in order to orient the modern science) which revolves around the issue of the relation between revelation and philosophy. The work concludes with an identification of the common core of both thinkers that allows us to understand their differences (homogeneity or heterogeneity of reality and the human) and, moreover, identifies both perspectives with a «foundational» (Voegelin) or «negative» (Strauss) interpretation of Plato’s thought

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Torres Morales B. y Monserrat Molas J. (2011). Plato in the intellectual relation between Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 28, 275-302. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASHF.2011.v28.36289
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Vol. 28 (2011)
Section
Estudios

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