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18 Mar 2026 Conversations with Tyler Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy
“On the level of the canon of great books, I guess I would say in the 20th century, Heidegger.”
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- 18 Mar 2026
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…Are there still great books being written today? On the level of the canon of great books, I guess I would say in the 20th century, Heidegger. I would add Strauss to Heidegger, though I know that that’s a controversial statement. Why has the supply dried up? Because Heidegger and Strauss, that’s a while ago, right?…
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