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On Tyranny (1963)
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We are now brought face to face with a tyranny which holds out the threat of becoming, thanks to "the conquest of nature" and in particular of human nature, what no other tyranny ever became: perpetual and universal.
Leo Strauss
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There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.
Jean Baudrillard
Leo Strauss
Born:
September 20, 1899
Died:
October 18, 1973
(aged 74)
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