According to Strauss, most authors from older times, due to fear of persecution, hid their ideas “between the lines”.
Most of Strauss’ work is commentary.
Political philosophy is far from theology. It relies solely on human knowledge.
“Natural right” – eternal, not subject to history, universal, etc. – the belief in universal values – the Greek way (sounds like dogmatism)
Presentation 1 – what is political philosophy?
Search for universal knowledge – even though it’s impossible, it’s still good to think about it.
Political philosophy’s scope is concerned with a nation.
In political philosophy making value judgements is unavoidable
Dialectical method, critical thinking method.
An agreement between parties has to be reached, in order to do that a ‘noble lie’ might be employed (due to human nature and issue of education).
Presentation 2 – value judgements
Reminiscence of the good old days (of search of universal truths).