Appendix B. Strauss vs Kojeve on Nature and History

The “anthropology” of this ancient philosophy based on “aristocratic prejudice” is precisely what leads to “mass training” and “eugenics”--Kojeve here uses markedly Nietzschean language and imagery. He says the problem, given the ancient conception of nature, is not of good or evil, but of “healthy or sick, wild or trained.” ... the philosopher as such is concerned with nothing but the quest for wisdom and kindling or nourishing the love of wisdom in those who are by nature capable of it.