{"product_id":"on-tyranny-corrected-and-expanded-edition-including-the-strauss-kojeve-correspondence","title":"On Tyranny: Corrected and Expanded Edition, Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence","description":"\u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue \u003ci\u003eHiero\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eTyrannicus\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, a critique of Strauss's commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, and the complete correspondence between the two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised and expanded edition introduces important corrections throughout and expands Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojève's commentary to bring it into conformity with the text as it was originally published in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e (1899-1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Political Philosophy of Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Natural Right and History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpinoza's Critique of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eVictor Gourevitch\u003c\/b\u003e is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Wesleyan University. \u003cb\u003eMichael S. Roth\u003c\/b\u003e is the president of Wesleyan University and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eMemory, Trauma, and History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460055208210,"sku":"9780226030135","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9a3b3d6-e93c-4e8e-ad5e-b5115bb6201f.jpg?v=1730024242","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-tyranny-corrected-and-expanded-edition-including-the-strauss-kojeve-correspondence","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}