Tyranny, Self-Deception, Servility, and Disordered Eros: Strauss, Xenophon, and the Case of Trump

Introduction The problem of tyranny—of a ruler who governs to gratify himself at the expense of justice, community, and truth—has occupied philosophers since antiquity. Leo Strauss’s reading of Xenophon’s *Hiero* in *On Tyranny* foregrounds how the tyrant’s psyche and regime Continue reading