On Tyranny
by Leo Strauss
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This title is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue 'Hiero', or 'Tyrannicus', in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantes of exercising tyranny.
CorrespondencePhilosophyDespotismPolitical scienceHieron (Xenophon)Tyrannie et sagesse (Kojève, Alexandre)Hiero XenophonXenophon, HieroPolitical science, philosophyStrauss, leo, 1899-1973XenophonWater-supply