Democratic Individuality, 2009

2009 posts from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality" entitled: "What the Torturer Knew;" "Strauss's Vision of a Great Anti-modern Tyrant and its Bizarre American Consequences;" "The Jail Cell;" "What is lost in Plato's story of Atlantis;" "Cretan Bull-vaulting and Plato's Republic;" "Crete, the Mysteries and Athenian democracy;" "The ring of Gyges, the Lord of the Rings;" "Living and Dead Words;" "Video: Leo Strauss's Vision of a Great, Anti-modern Tyrant, part 2;" "Sotomayor, Brown v. Board of Education, the social science of Kenneth and Mamie Clark, and Leo Strauss;" "Plato's Atlantis and the Subversion of Athens;" :Only a foolish reactionary would assert that 'there are no women philosophers';" "An interesting nomination for Leo Strauss mentioning separation of church and state, part 1;" "Using a God for Politics: a note on the conjunction Athens and Jerusalem;" "The Clashing Visions of Arendt and Strauss;" and "Do Philosophers Counsel Tyrants?".