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This 4 page paper examines the questions related to political philosophy. The concept is defined. Strauss's views are explored. Machiavellian thought is also discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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follows: "Philosophy, as quest for wisdom, is quest for universal knowledge, for knowledge of the whole" (Strauss, 1988, p.11). He goes on to explain that the quest is only necessary
because the knowledge does not exist in a manner that one can readily see; therefore, people form opinions or theories about things (1988). That is natural. However, it is the
substitution of these ideas or theories with true knowledge that helps to answer philosophic questions (1988). The author goes on to say that political philosophy is merely a branch of
philosophy and so, one is required to also replace assumption with knowledge (1988). While many think of political philosophy as something to pick and choose--and Strauss does not deny
that there are two sides to the coin--Strauss thinks about the subject in a more scientific manner. The fact that there is a truth about it is rather interesting. Many
questions loom. For example, why is political philosophy a question at all? While Strauss seems to contend that political philosophy is something where real knowledge would be derived, some might
differ with that stance. Pure sciences and math of course seem to have an interest in precision and knowledge, something that social science or subjects in the humanities do not.
Both classic philosophy and modern philosophy seem to make political philosophy a question. Although classic philosophy is attached to political science--which is a social science and not a pure science--one
can say that classic philosophy embraces proofs and questions the existence of knowledge. As an aside, Strauss (1988) does contend that political science as a science does try to seek
truth. Also, philosophy does deal with the concrete as well as the speculative. Yet, the reason why political philosophy remains a question is because attached to it are several
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