Reading naïvely again a critique of historicist hermeneutics according to the tought of Leo Strauss
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This paper revisits the hermeneutical lessons of the philosopher Leo Strauss (1899-1973) and, engaging in the debate on how they should be understood, contrasts them with the mode of reading proposed by philosophical and historiographical historicism. Throughout the text, Strauss' contributions are vindicated as capable of addressing a debate even with the historicist hermeneutics appeared after him. The hope driving this reflection is that the arguments presented can contribute not only to the understanding of Leo Strauss's thought but also to the recovery of a way of reading freed from the filter and burden of contemporary philosophy, which hinders a genuine dialogue with the past
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