《what-is-political-philosophy》.pdf

Southern Political Science Association What is Political Philosophy? Author(s): Leo Strauss Source: The Journal of Politics, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Aug., 1957), pp. 343-368 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association Stable URL: /stable/2126765 Accessed: 11/03/2009 19:43 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at /action/showPublisher?publisherCode=cup. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995 to build trusted digital archives for scholarship. We work with the scholarly community to preserve their work and the materials they rely upon, and to build a common research platform that promotes the discovery and use of these resources. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Cambridge University Press and Southern Political Science Association are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Journal of Politics. $ IS PHILOSOPHY? WHAT POLITICAL LEOSTRAUSS University of Chicago I. THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY