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219 Appendix: Strauss's Plan for Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy Strauss's outline for his final book was as follows, as indicated by a typed outline with hand corrections in Box 16 Folder 8 of the Leo Strauss Papers at the University of Chicago. Title: Studies in (on—?) Platonic Political Philosophy 1) Philosophy as Rigorous Science and Political Philosophy 2) On Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito (destined for Klein-Festschrift) 3) On the Euthydemus (Interpretation) 20 pp. (consider correction on pages 17 f [?] in my hand) 4) On the Gorgias - not yet written 5) Preliminary observations on the gods in Thucydides' work—24 typed pages 6) Xenophon's Anabasis - not yet written 7) On Natural Law (Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences refused permission to reprint some years ago, maybe they have mellowed) 20 typed pages 8) Jerusalem and Athens - 27 printed pages 9) Note on the plan of Beyond Good and Evil - 22 typed pages 10) Note on Maimonides' Book of Knowledge (Scholem-Festschrift 15)—printed PP-* 11) Machiavelli—21 printed pages 12) Reviews of Macpherson Possessive Individualism and Talmon, the Nature of Jewish History—3 pp. 13) Introduction to English translation of Cohen's Religion of Reason -16 printed pp. *10 a-b: RMbM' Letter on Astrology } 8 typed Millot ha-higganyon Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.

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Appendix: Strauss's Plan for Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy

Strauss's outline for his final book was as follows, as indicated by a typed outline w ith hand corrections in Box 16 Folder 8 of the Leo Strauss Papers at the University of Chicago.

Title: Studies in (on—?) Platonic Political Philosophy

1) Philosophy as Rigorous Science and Political Philosophy2) On Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito (destined for Klein-Festschrift)3) On the Euthydemus (Interpretation) 20 pp. (consider correction on pages 17

f [?] in my hand)4) On the Gorgias - not yet written5) Preliminary observations on the gods in Thucydides' work—24 typed

pages6) Xenophon's Anabasis - not yet written7) On Natural Law (Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences refused permission

to reprint some years ago, maybe they have mellowed) 20 typed pages8) Jerusalem and Athens - 27 printed pages9) Note on the plan of Beyond Good and Evil - 22 typed pages10) Note on Maimonides' Book of Knowledge (Scholem-Festschrift 15)—printed

PP-*11) Machiavelli—21 printed pages12) Reviews of Macpherson Possessive Individualism and Talmon, the Nature of

Jewish H istory—3 pp.13) Introduction to English translation of Cohen's Religion of Reason -1 6

printed pp.

*10 a-b: RMbM' Letter on Astrology} 8 typed

Millot ha-higganyon

R eproduced with perm ission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without perm ission.