Leo Strauss (1899–1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. From 1949 to 1968 he was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, among them The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Natural Right and History, and Spinoza’s Critique of Religion, all published by the University of Chicago Press. Paul Franco is professor of government and chair of the Government and Legal Studies Department at Bowdoin College.

• Note on the Leo Strauss Transcript ProjectEditorial HeadnoteIntroduction to the Transcript of Leo Strauss’s 1965 Course on Hegel’s Philosophy of HistoryChapter 1: Preliminary ConsiderationsChapter 2: Reason in History and the Nature of SpiritChapter 3: The Actualization of Spirit in World HistoryChapter 4: Historical Understanding and the Folk-MindChapter 5: Africa and ChinaChapter 6: China Continued and IndiaChapter 7: India Continued and PersiaChapter 8: Phoenicia, Judea, and EgyptChapter 9: The Greek WorldChapter 10: The Greek World ContinuedChapter 11: The Greek World Continued and the Roman WorldChapter 12: The Roman World Continued and the Advent of ChristianityChapter 13: Interlude: The Concept of the Philosophy of HistoryChapter 14: The Middle AgesChapter 15: The Middle Ages ContinuedChapter 16: The Reformation, Enlightenment, and French RevolutionNotesIndex

"On Hegel. . . . Strauss.grants us a more comprehensive insight into Strauss’ mature. . . .view of Hegel’s philosophy than we find elsewhere in his work."