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ModernityandWhatHasBeenLost
peculiarlySocraticphilosophizingwastakenupinvariouswaysbyXenophon,
Plato,andAristotleitremainedaneverceasingconsiderationofnatureandhu-
mannatureshelteredbehindasalutaryteachingonnatureandhumannaturethat
itknewtohavedifficulties.”Thenitseemsthatweareleftwithafundamental
questionofthephilosopher’sabilityandwillingnesstocreateanewpoliticalor-
dertoreplaceadyingworldhestilllivesin,orsomenewvaluesregardinggods
andvirtuetobepursued,bymeansofhissalutaryteachingonhumannature.
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Firstandforemost,theeditorsofthisvolumewanttothankalltheauthorsfor
theirexcellentcontributionstothebook.
Wewouldalsoliketoexpressourdeepgratitudetothefollowing:Bogdan
Szlachta,DeanoftheDepartmentofInternationalandPoliticalStudiesandChair
ofPoliticalPhilosophy,JagiellonianUniversity,forhisgeneroussupportofthis
publication(wekeepalsoinmindhissupportoftheconferenceand,generally,of
ouracademicinitiatives);BruceFingerhut,thedirectorofSt.Augustine’sPress,
forhisbeingmostsympathetictoourprojectandreadytocooperateonit;Marta
CzerwonkafromtheJagiellonianUniversityPress,forherassistance;LisaFret-
schel,forheradviceonlanguage.
OurfruitfulencounterswithProfessorHeinrichMeierinMunich–oneofus
traveledthereinMay,2008,andnextwebothpaidavisittohiminNovember
thatyear–deservespecialacknowledgmentastheyprovideduswithmanyin-
sightsandsuggestionsindispensableforthefinaloutcomeoftheconferenceon
LeoStraussandthispublicationaswell.
PawełArmada,ArkadiuszGórnisiewicz
Krakow,April2010
