Leo Strauss’s “An Epilogue”: Political Science as Political Philosophy

Alvydas Jokubaitis

Leo Strauss’s “An Epilogue”: Political Science as Political Philosophy

Publication date: 1901

Teoria Polityki, 2021, No. 5/2021, pp. 193-203

https://doi.org/10.4467/25440845TP.21.013.13793

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Leo Strauss‘s article “An Epilogue” is made up of many different critical arguments about political science. The guiding principles of these arguments are not revealed clearly enough. One can even get the impression that “An Epilogue” is an unfinished article. Only after finding the guiding principles we can understand the Strauss‘s critique. He emphasized the difference between the philosophical and scientific approach to politics. “An Epilogue” shows that he understood political science as philosophy.

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Leo Strauss, political philosophy, political science, philosophy of political science

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Information: Teoria Polityki, 2021, No. 5/2021, pp. 193-203

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25440845TP.21.013.13793

Article type: Original article

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Leo Strauss’s “An Epilogue”: Political Science as Political Philosophy

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Alvydas Jokubaitis

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-3662

University of Vilnius, 3 Universiteto St, LT-01513 Vilnius

Published at: 1901

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