tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post7162427965991339118..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Patrick Deneen Misunderstands Allan BloomBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-80310801566347233032012-10-07T19:24:26.239-06:002012-10-07T19:24:26.239-06:00Here's some great stuff from blogger Chris nav...Here's some great stuff from blogger Chris navin. A zillion links and a Leo Strauss video!<br /><br />http://chrisnavin.com/2012/10/04/update-and-repost-from-youtube-leo-strauss-on-the-meno-more-on-the-factvalue-distinction/Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-15926395361518928632012-10-07T19:11:54.199-06:002012-10-07T19:11:54.199-06:00Yes. Harry Jaffa is the #1. I'm not a big fan...Yes. Harry Jaffa is the #1. I'm not a big fan of his work, but Thomas G. West is a god.<br /><br />"Claremont" = Jaffa & WCS pretty much. Jaffa is way out there on Lincoln, natural law, the Declaration, none of which I think is very much like the real Leo Strauss. [Strauss was not a Thomist!]<br /><br /><br />http://chrisnavin.com/2010/05/27/harry-jaffa-at-the-claremont-institute-leo-strauss-the-bible-and-political-philosophy/<br /><br />Was Leo Strauss Wrong About John Locke? By James R. Stoner, Jr.<br /><br />http://www.claremont.org/publications/pubid.260/pub_detail.asp<br /><br />And George Anastaplo was a close friend/student of Strauss. I posted his Jaffans natural law attack on Scalia recently. The Jaffans are pretty Thomistic [as am I], although admittedly that's a bit of an oxymoron.<br /><br />http://anastaplo.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/in-re-antonin-scalia/<br /><br />Funny thing is, I became a Straussian Thomist all on my own and ran across these guys much later. So it turned out, I'm not too high on Prof. Jaffa but love Tom West. West takes the apparent contradiction by the balls:<br /><br /><br />Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law: A Critique of the `Straussian` Critique<br /><br />http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/5/3/4/4/p153448_index.html?phpsessid=d80ce29b06a9914<br />Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-43115890339530132482012-10-07T09:55:52.365-06:002012-10-07T09:55:52.365-06:00 So West Coast Straussians are social conservative... So West Coast Straussians are social conservatives for the most part?Joe Winpisingerhttp://www.3rdwavelandsproperties.netnoreply@blogger.com