Leo Strauss on Hegel

Leo Strauss (1899–1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. From 1949 to 1968 he was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, among them The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Natural Right and History, and Spinoza’s Critique of Religion, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Paul Franco is professor of government and chair of the Government and Legal Studies Department at Bowdoin College.

Note on the Leo Strauss Transcript Project
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Introduction to the Transcript of Leo Strauss’s 1965 Course on Hegel’s Philosophy of History
Chapter 1: Preliminary Considerations
Chapter 2: Reason in History and the Nature of Spirit
Chapter 3: The Actualization of Spirit in World History
Chapter 4: Historical Understanding and the Folk-Mind
Chapter 5: Africa and China
Chapter 6: China Continued and India
Chapter 7: India Continued and Persia
Chapter 8: Phoenicia, Judea, and Egypt
Chapter 9: The Greek World
Chapter 10: The Greek World Continued
Chapter 11: The Greek World Continued and the Roman World
Chapter 12: The Roman World Continued and the Advent of Christianity
Chapter 13: Interlude: The Concept of the Philosophy of History
Chapter 14: The Middle Ages
Chapter 15: The Middle Ages Continued
Chapter 16: The Reformation, Enlightenment, and French Revolution

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