ROP volume 53 issue 1 Cover and Back matter STRAUSSIAN THOUGHT Liberalism Ancient and Modern By LEO STRAUSS. With a new Foreword by ALLAN BLOOM."[This book] takes its place beside [the author's] What is Political Philosophy? as the most appropriate introduction to [his] thought."—National Review. An Agora Paperback. $8.95 paper History and Modernity in the Thought of Thomas Hobbes By ROBERT P. KRAYNAK. "This is the first study of Hobbes to bring out the view of history that underlies and inspires his political and scientific abstractions. Despite Hobbes's apparent neglect of all previous philosophy, he was preoccupied with its bad political consequences and determined to find a cure for them. Kraynak shows the argument behind the arguments in a book that is fresh, original, vigorous, and direct."— Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., Harvard University. $28.50 The Political Philosophy of Montaigne By DAVID LEWIS SCHAEFER. Arguing that Montaigne was a far more systematic and radical figure than other scholars have recognized, Schaefer demonstrates that Montaigne offers important lessons about the theoretical foundations of modern politics and morality. $41.50 cloth, $13.95 paper Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics By RALPH C. HANCOCK. Hancock argues that Calvin should be consid- ered a founder of modern civilization along with such "secular" thinkers as Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Descartes. $26.50 Questions concerning the Law of Nature By JOHN LOCKE. Edited and translated by Robert Horwitz, Jenny Strauss Clay, and Diskin Clay. Containing a substantial apparatus criticus, this new edition of Locke's manuscript is faithful to Locke's original intentions and to the format he chose for his discourse on the law of nature—a late-Scholastic quaestio disputata. $29.95 Rousseau's Exemplary Life The Confessions as Political Philosophy By CHRISTOPHER KELLY. In this stimulating reading of Rousseau' s Confessions, Kelly breaks down the artificial distinction traditionally made between this autobiographical work and Rousseau's overtly philosophical works. $32.50 The Thinking Revolutionary Principle and Practice in the New Republic By RALPH LERNER. Focusing on the efforts of prominent founders such as Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, Lerner documents how their thought helped to shape public discourse, perceptions, and institutions in the new republic. $26.50 Cornell University Press 124 Roberts Place Ithaca, NY 14850 h tt p s: // d o i.o rg /1 0. 10 17 /S 00 34 67 05 00 05 01 54 D o w n lo ad ed f ro m h tt p s: // w w w .c am b ri d g e. o rg /c o re . C ar n eg ie M el lo n U n iv er si ty , o n 0 6 A p r 20 21 a t 01 :5 9: 21 , s u b je ct t o t h e C am b ri d g e C o re t er m s o f u se , a va ila b le a t h tt p s: // w w w .c am b ri d g e. o rg /c o re /t er m s. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670500050154 https://www.cambridge.org/core https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms "A WELL-AIMED BROADSIDE... ...a scholarly, methodical and exhaustive interpretation of Strauss's teachings. Many of Drury's conclusions are most unconventional, indeed, not a little unnerving." — Political Studies STRAUSS 1990/273 ppJISBN 0-312-00830-9 $35.00 cl. ISBN 0-312-04209-4 $15.95 pb. The only book length study on Strauss available! "[Drury] presents a comprehensive view of Strauss's philosophy from a caustically anti-Straussian perspective...a spritely written and abundantly documented book." — The Review of Politics Shadia B. Drury is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary in Canada. St. Martin's Press 175 Fifth Avenue • New York, N.Y. 10010 To order, call 1-800-221-7945 (In NY, 212-674-5151) h tt p s: // d o i.o rg /1 0. 10 17 /S 00 34 67 05 00 05 01 54 D o w n lo ad ed f ro m h tt p s: // w w w .c am b ri d g e. o rg /c o re . C ar n eg ie M el lo n U n iv er si ty , o n 0 6 A p r 20 21 a t 01 :5 9: 21 , s u b je ct t o t h e C am b ri d g e C o re t er m s o f u se , a va ila b le a t h tt p s: // w w w .c am b ri d g e. o rg /c o re /t er m s. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670500050154 https://www.cambridge.org/core https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Thematic Issue on The Thought of Leo Strauss Guest Editors: Kenneth L. Deutsch Walter Nicgorski Nathan Tarcov Stewart Umphrey Hillel Fradkin John Gunnell Steven B. Smith Thomas L. Pangle James V. Schall, S.J. Dante Germino Contributors Thomas West Christopher Brnell David Schaefer David Lawrence Levine Susan Shell David R. Lachterman h tt p s: // d o i.o rg /1 0. 10 17 /S 00 34 67 05 00 05 01 54 D o w n lo ad ed f ro m h tt p s: // w w w .c am b ri d g e. o rg /c o re . C ar n eg ie M el lo n U n iv er si ty , o n 0 6 A p r 20 21 a t 01 :5 9: 21 , s u b je ct t o t h e C am b ri d g e C o re t er m s o f u se , a va ila b le a t h tt p s: // w w w .c am b ri d g e. o rg /c o re /t er m s. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670500050154 https://www.cambridge.org/core https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms