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)
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Is he correct?
My book-length analysis of the connections (and disconnections) between Nietzsche and the National Socialists. Or in audiobook and these translations.
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My analysis of Rousseau’s philosophy and its connections to the Reign of Terror. Chapter Four. Or in audiobook and these translations.