Name: Peter Thiel on 'The Straussian Moment'
Uploaded: 2019-09-19
Duration: 47 minutes 23 seconds
Description: Peter Thiel, cofounder of PayPal and Palantir, discusses his essay 'The Straussian Moment,' describing how the ancients believed in the power of the intellect and the weakness of the will, but how today we believe the opposite.

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Peter Thiel on 'The Straussian Moment'

Peter Thiel, cofounder of PayPal and Palantir, discusses his essay 'The Straussian Moment,' describing how the ancients believed in the power of the intellect and the weakness of the will, but how today we believe the opposite.... More

9-19-2019 • 47m

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Peter Thiel on 'The Straussian Moment'

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