Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin on Machiavelli

In: European journal of political theory: EJPT, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 249-262

Abstract

Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin are two thinkers who seem to have much in common, yet they provide markedly different interpretations of Machiavelli. A comparison of their views on such a distinctive figure in the history of political thought reveals fundamental differences of philosophical outlook and scholarly temperament even as it occasions a re-examination of the 'enigma' of Machiavelli himself.