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A Pragmatic Logic for Commands
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A Pragmatic Logic for CommandsThe purpose of this essay is to both discuss commands as a species of speech act and to discuss commands within the broader framework of how they are used and reacted to.
 
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Persecution and the Art of Writing
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Persecution and the Art of WritingPersecution and the Art of Writing

The essays collected in Persecution and the Art of Writing all deal with one problem—the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas.
 
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