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Sep 1Liked by Phocaean Dionysius

Dimension is in intro, I, II, IV, Rousseau (once). Plane is Hobbes, Rousseau, Burke. The only chapter of overlap is once each in Rousseau, none in III or Locke. The Hobbes chapter introduces philosophy on new "plane" on the basis of mathematization and Strauss adopts the language of mathematics. The Hobbes chapter sets theory and practice, formerly parallel, on a path of convergence, as if headed to a vanishing point, which is chapter I.

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Thanks for this.

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Old but gold. Thanks. Would you say why you recommend it?

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