Abstract:Among the defining aspects of Leo Strauss's early life, three seem to stand out: that he was born a Jew, in Germany, at the end of the nineteenth century. Strauss's being born to Jewish parents in Ger...Among the defining aspects of Leo Strauss's early life, three seem to stand out: that he was born a Jew, in Germany, at the end of the nineteenth century. Strauss's being born to Jewish parents in Germany in 1899 may tell more about the rest of his earthly existence than would other biographical details – for example, that he was born in the village of Kirchhain, in the Prussian administrative province of Hesse-Nassau, that his father, Hugo Strauss, operated a livestock and farm supply business with Leo's uncle, or that his mother Jennie's maiden name was David. Most biographical sketches of Strauss indicate that his family were conventionally but not zealously orthodox Jews. In his youth he was sent to the local Volksschule and later to the Gymnasium Philippinum, which was a preparatory school for the University of Marburg, an institution that had been founded in 1527 by Philip of Hesse, one of the early champions of the Protestant Reformation and a protector of Martin Luther.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-12-29
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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