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1、SouthernPoliticalScienceAssociationWhatisPoliticalPhilosophy?Author(s):LeoStraussSource:TheJournalofPolitics,Vol.19,No.3(Aug.,1957),pp.343-368Publishedby:CambridgeUniversityPressonbehalfoftheSouthernPoliticalScienceAssociationStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2
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6、arecollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoTheJournalofPolitics.http://www.jstor.orgWHATISPOLITICALPHILOSOPHY?$LEOSTRAUSSUniversityofChicagoI.THEPROBLEMOFPOLITICALPHILOSOPHYTHEMEANINGOFPOLITICALPHILOSOPHYanditsmeaningfulchar-acterareasevidenttoday
7、astheyhavebeensincethetimewhenpoliticalphilosophyfirstmadeitsappearanceinAthens.Allpoliticalactionaimsateitherpreservationorchange.Whendesiringtopre-serve,wewishtopreventachangetotheworse;whendesiringtochange,wewishtobringaboutsomethingbetter.Allpoliticalactionis,t
8、hen,guidedbysomethoughtofbetterorworse.Butthoughtofbetterorworseimpliesthoughtofthegood.Theawarenessofthegoodwhichguidesallouractions,hasthechara
