ClaimsPeter Thiel

“For Strauss as for Nietzsche, the truth of mimesis and of the founding murder is so shocking that most people, in all times and places, simply will not believe it.”

Peter Thiel 2007 The Straussian Moment (gwern.net (PDF))

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For Strauss as for Nietzsche, the truth of mimesis and of the founding murder is so shocking that most people, in all times and places…

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Peter Thiel, “For Strauss as for Nietzsche, the truth of mimesis and of the founding murder is so shocking that most people, in all times and places…” (said 2007). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_6c2e4cf1c613, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6c2e4cf1c613

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