“We cannot be philosophers, but we can love philosophy; we can try to philosophize.”
Two reviews of my new book on Harry Jaffa raise what loosely may be called East Coast Straussian criticisms of Jaffa, as well as of me and some of my colleagues. A review by Peter Berkowitz posted on September 19 in the Washington Free Beacon includes gratifying words of praise, along with criticisms that while relatively mild and reasonable raise important questions. Another review, by Thomas Merrill, is rather less mild and inadvertently raises even more important questions.
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