The influential political philosopher Leo Strauss made this strong claim:
“The relation of Nietzsche to the German Nazi is comparable to the relation of Rousseau to the French Revolution.”
(1941 lecture, “German Nihilism,” later published in the journal *Interpretation*, p. 372)
Is he correct?
My book-length analysis of the connections (and disconnections) between Nietzsche and the National Socialists. Or in audiobook and these translations.
My analysis of Rousseau’s philosophy and its connections to the Reign of Terror. Chapter Four. Or in audiobook and these translations.