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Alex PriouPhilosophical reflections on politics.
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“What Is A Symposium?”
Yesterday I gave a lecture as part of Belmont University’s 25th Annual Humanities Symposium. I had been invited to speak on the question of what a symposium is, and this is how I chose to answer the question. You can read my remarks here....
2027 Symposium on Leo Strauss
Hi all,
We’re hosting our annual Symposium on Leo Strauss, an introduction to Strauss’s thought and legacy through an overview of his most widely read work, Natural Right and History (1953). The program is open to undergraduates and recent...
On Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey"
I sat down yesterday to discuss Christopher Nolan’s new film, “The Odyssey,” on Christopher Rufo and Jonathan Keeperman’s podcast, “Rufo and Lomez.” The conversation was a lot of fun, as we detail the merits and (more often!) demerits of No...
"Nietzsche's New Socrates"
Hi all,
I just uploaded the published version of my essay, “Nietzsche’s New Socrates.” It offers a close, line-by-line reading of the chapter “The Problem of Socrates” from Twilight of the Idols. The essay opens with a survey of Nietzsche’...
The Philosophic Politics of Heidegger and Strauss
I’m pleased to share with you all this long essay on the political projects Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss respectively sought to advance within the academy. It’s fairly long, over 26k words, but written in a spoken style. I am planning o...
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Roubos Sabbatical Scholar at the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization at the University of Colorado Boulder and Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Austin (UATX)
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