Laurence Lampert quotes

Nietzsche discovered the clue to esotericism early ... "The fact of the pious fraud.”. (Laurence Lampert)
Strauss' whole study indicates that noble nature as Nietzsche presents it-no, embodies it-replaces divine nature as Plato presents it. View quote
Laurence Lampert
Nietzsche's arrival in modern philosophy signaled an unprecedented necessity: "probity”, "intellectual conscience”, Enlightenment radicalized by a new bravery that scorns any comforts like God. View quote
Laurence Lampert
The way of Socrates had shown itself to be a limited way because it concerned itself "only with the scientific investigation of justice and the virtues,” and it had shown itself to be an intransigent way because it chose "non-conformity and death.” Plato corrected the way of Socrates-he removed the limitation and tempered its intransigence. View quote
Laurence Lampert
How can historicism consistently exempt itself from its own verdict that all human thought is historical? View quote
Laurence Lampert