Thomas L. Pangle holds the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His many acclaimed publications include The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Age and Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham, both published by Johns Hopkins. He has also published a number of translations of Platonic dialogues, including The Laws of Plato and The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Relativism: The Crux of Our Liberal Culture2. The Revival of Classical Political Philosophy3. The Rediscovery and Reassessment of the Foundations of Modernity4. Strauss's Legacy in Political ScienceNotesWorks CitedIndex

Pangle... brings to his task the remarkable erudition, and his volume may be said to have succeeded in restoring, and perhaps even deepening, the more sober view of Strauss's intention that prevailed in his lifetime and for a decade or so after death. -- Steven J. Lenzner Claremont Review of Books 2007 Pangle's bibliography at the end alone is worth the price of the book. -- Benjamin Wiker Crisis Magazine 2007