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Strauss' whole study indicates that noble nature as Nietzsche presents it—no, embodies it—replaces divine nature as Plato presents it.

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How can historicism consistently exempt itself from its own verdict that all human thought is historical?

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The way of Socrates had shown itself to be a limited way because it concerned itself only with the scientific investigation of justice and the virtues, and it had shown itself to be an intransigent way because it chose non-conformity and death. Plato corrected the way of Socrates—he removed the limitation and tempered its intransigence.

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Nietzsche's arrival in modern philosophy signaled an unprecedented necessity: probity, intellectual conscience, Enlightenment radicalized by a new bravery that scorns any comforts like God.

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Nietzsche discovered the clue to esotericism early … The fact of the pious fraud.

Laurence Lampert

Laurence Lampert

Laurence Lampert

Born: June 10, 1941

Died: April 20, 2024 (aged 82)

Bio: Laurence Lampert was a Canadian philosopher and leading scholar in the field of Nietzsche studies. He was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. From Northwestern University, Lampert received his master's in 1968 and his doctorate in 1971.

Known for:

The Enduring Importance of Leo Strauss (2013)
Leo Strauss and Nietzsche (1996)
Nietzsche's Task (2001)

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