Document Type : Research Paper
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PhD in Philosophy of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
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The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between the concept of natural law and education in the thought of Leo Strauss. According to Strauss, the structure of modern philosophy is linked to the foundations of relativist and historicist thinking. This has caused the definition of the concept of natural law as a fundamental matter in modern thinking to tend towards a materialistic and individualistic perspective. As a result, the fixed values of life have lost their place in the intellectual and moral structure of the modern era. Therefore, it is necessary to review the concept of natural law in the modern era. The review that Strauss tries to carry out is based on the foundations of pre-modern thought, in which law and nature are understood in connection with a virtuous and teleological perspective. This definition of natural law is the reason why Strauss reflects again on the natural and inherent nature of man and resorts to an educational structure to shape it, thereby returning man to his true position. Strauss redefines the perfection of modern man's individual and social life with the new formulation of nature and right that he presents in his philosophy. In this article, we attempt, with the help of an analytical-descriptive method, to first describe and explain Strauss's criticism of modern thought regarding the concept of natural right, and finally to determine its relationship with education.
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