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> [I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so close to political power, nor that the ominous tyranny of the wise would ever come so close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/i-never-imagined-when-i-wrote-my-first-book-on-strauss-that-the/)

Shadia Drury

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## More by Shadia Drury

> [ As \[Gershom\] Scholem explains, this \[Shabbetaian\] doctrine is connected to the idea that 'the elect are fundamentally different from the crowd and not to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/as-gershom-scholem-explains-this-shabbetaian-doctrine-is-connected-to/)

Shadia Drury

> [Far from being an aberration that is not representative of Christianity, the persecution of heretics follows logically from the connection of faith and salvation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/far-from-being-an-aberration-that-is-not-representative-of/)

Shadia Drury

> [I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/i-never-imagined-when-i-wrote-my-first-book-on-strauss-that-the/)

Shadia Drury

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