Leo Strauss Quote

When speaking of a body of knowledge or of the results of research, e. g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to independently acquired knowledge. To counteract this tendency a special effort is required to transform inherited knowledge into genuine knowledge by revitalizing its original discovery, and to discriminate between the genuine and the spurious elements of what claims to be inherited knowledge.

p. 77 - What is Political Philosophy (1959)

When speaking of a body of knowledge or of the results of research, e. g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to...

When speaking of a body of knowledge or of the results of research, e. g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to...

When speaking of a body of knowledge or of the results of research, e. g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to...

When speaking of a body of knowledge or of the results of research, e. g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to...