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February 12, 2015 by Alan Cook 3 Comments

<br /> In this review of Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing, Francis Fukuyama claims that “It should be clear that the Straussian project has no particular implications for contemporary American foreign policy, other than to underline its present moral dilemma.”

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Dan Conley says

February 16, 2015 at 12:25 pm

I can’t speak for Melzer’s book in general, but his scholarship of Montaigne is dreadful. I wrote a piece about it on my Montaigne Project blog. http://wp.me/p4tyhf-aH

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- Alan Cook says
  
  February 17, 2015 at 6:20 pm
  
  Dan,
  
  You might check out the podcast on Montaigne:
  
  http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2011/02/18/episode-33-montaigne-what-is-the-purpose-of-philosophy/
  
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  - Dan Conley says
    
    February 17, 2015 at 10:55 pm
    
    I listened to that earlier — very well done. They recorded that the same week I began my Montaigne project.
    
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