Leo Strauss · 1952
A collection of essays examining how persecuted thinkers historically concealed unorthodox ideas within religious and philosophical texts.
Harvey Mansfield values it for providing the author's explanation of esoteric writing.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“but also at Persecution and the Art of Writing, which is his explanation of esoteric writing.”
Why: It provides his explanation of esoteric writing.
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