Quoting "Laycock, Jos (OSPT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Partly, > Can you offer me an alterntive source of information then, most things I came > accross had a similar bent. I'm getting the impression that you see Strauss > as a > positive influence but can't see anything online from which you could have > derived such an opinion?
Actually most of what I know about Strauss I've learned from Arlo who, as we know, is not exactly your unbiased source of information. The article in Wiki about Strauss seems slanted although I'm sure it attempts to be more an example of "critical thinking" than evidenced by Arlo. One phrase in the Wiki article about Strauss struck me, however. "A political scientist examining politics with a value-free scientific eye, for Strauss, was impossible, not just a tragic self-delusion." Sounds much like something Pirsig would agree with. In any case, the influence of Strauss on the current Administration is tenuous at best, especially since libs consider Bush and his cohorts to be imbeciles. Instead, the greatest influence on conservatives was Milton Friedman, and before him, F.A. Hayek. Hope this answers your question. Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
