Strauss, Leo

"Leo Strauss argued that the most visible fact about Machiavelli's doctrine is also the most useful one: Machiavelli seems to be a teacher of wickedness. Strauss sought to incorporate this idea in his interpretation without permitting it to overwhelm or exhaust his exegesis of The Prince and the Discourses on the First Ten Books of Livy"--Back cover.

Discusses how the conflict between Socrates and Aristophanes is portrayed in eleven of Aristophanes' comedies.

Examines the status of the problem of natural right in contemporary thought, discussing how the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics have a firm foundation in reality.