Joseph Cropsey ( New York, August 27, 1919 –

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, July 1, 2012) was an American political philosopher and

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at the

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, where he was also associate director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy.

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Cropsey was a student of Leo Strauss, who inspired him to move from his original academic field— economic thought—to a much more theoretical approach to political thought. Since then, Cropsey had focused on

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and the "esoteric", interstitial philosophical aspects of the theories developed by such thinkers as Adam Smith and

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. His son, Seth Cropsey (a graduate of St. John's College), is an American

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analyst for the Hudson Institute, where he is the Director for the Center for American Seapower.

Bibliography

* Joseph Cropsey (ed.), ''Ancients and Moderns: Essays on the Tradition of Political Philosophy in Honor of Leo Strauss'', New York, Basic Books, 1964 * Joseph Cropsey, ''Political Philosophy and the Issues of Politics'', Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press, 1977 * Joseph Cropsey, ''Plato's World: Man's Place in the Cosmos'' (1995), Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press, 1997 * Joseph Cropsey, ''Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith (With Further Thoughts on the Principles of Adam Smith)'', Chicago, St. Augustine's Press, 2001 (Revised Edition) *

Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes ( ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', in which he expounds an influ ...

(edited by Joseph Cropsey), ''A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England'' (written between 1668 and 1675), Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press, 1997 * Leo Strauss, Joseph Cropsey (eds.), ''History of Political Philosophy'' (First Edition: 1963), Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press, 1987 * Joseph Cropsey, ''On Humanity's Intensive Introspection'', South Bend, IN, St. Augustine's Press, 2012

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