Ostatni ezoterysta. Uwagi Lea Straussa o ezoterycznym charakterze twórczości Gottholda Ephraima Lessinga

• Authors: Ryszard Mordarski

Title variants

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THE LAST ESOTERIC THINKER. LEO STRAUSS’S REMARKS ON THE ESOTERIC CHARACTER OF GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING’S WORKS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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According to Leo Strauss, the great thinkers of the political philosophy from Plato, through al-Farabi and Maimonides, to Hobbes, Locke, and J.J. Rousseau distinguished between exoteric, or public, writing and esoteric, or private, writing. The last thinker who was well aware of that distinction and applied it to express his own thought was G.E. Lessing. In the article the author discusses Strauss’s thesis concerning esoteric writing and presents the reasons why Lessing might be regarded as the last esoteric thinker. Finally, the author attempts to interpret Lessing’s last writings, especially his play Nathan the Wise, in the light of Strauss’s thesis.

Keywords

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LEO STRAUSS; LESSING; ESOTERIC CHARACTER; MAIMONIDES

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
• Journal: Filo-Sofija
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 135-152

Contributors

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Ryszard Mordarski