Laurence Berns, Politics, Nature, & Piety
Alex Priou has edited a volume of essays by a wonderful Straussian scholar
My friend Alex Priou has published a volume of essays by a remarkable scholar, the late Laurence Berns, who taught for four decades at St. John’s. I discovered Berns by reading his translation of & essay on Plato’s Meno & his essay on Hobbes in the Strauss-Cropsey History Of Political Philosophy, so I’m looking forward to reading his thoughts at length. By the way, you can also find a good interview with Berns on Strauss here (pdf).
For this just published volume: Buy it here (Amazon link)! Berns was the kind of writer by whom you judge American academia—granted, it would fail the test, but it would also improve by the association…
Because I need another other to spend my money on...and yet, what is now in my Amazon account. You should charge a commission.
You'll enjoy reading Berns, Eric!
I'm trying to think about how I might to a podcast on him with Alex, though that's probably a better fit for his New Thinkery podcasts...