Questions and caves: Philosophy, politics, and history in Leo Strauss‘s early work

Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-144

  Janssens, David ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 77649266983     PISSN: 1053699X     EISSN: 1477285X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/105369901790230915     Document Type: Article

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