--- title: "3 Shadia Drury Quotes - Famous Philosopher (Leo Strauss and the American right)" description: "Shadia B. Drury is a Canadian academic and political commentator. She is a professor emerita at the University of Regina. In 2005, she was elected a Fel..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b078/author-shadia-drury-74677.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Shadia Drury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b078/author-shadia-drury-74677.jpg) # Shadia Drury (1950) Philosopher **3** quotes in **51** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Shadia Drury is a philosopher, best known for *Leo Strauss and the American right*. ## Quick Facts About Shadia Drury Born January 1, 1950 Profession Philosopher Notable works Leo Strauss and the American right ## About Shadia Drury Shadia B. Drury is a Canadian academic and political commentator. She is a professor emerita at the University of Regina. In 2005, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ## Quotes 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/as-gershom-scholem-explains-this-shabbetaian-doctrine-is-connected-to/) Shadia Drury [Beyond good and evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beyond-good-and-evil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/shadia-drury-74677_beyond-good-and-evil_as-gershom-scholem-explains-this-shabbet_2038151.jpg) > [Far from being an aberration that is not representative of Christianity, the persecution of heretics follows logically from the connection of faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/far-from-being-an-aberration-that-is-not-representative-of/) Shadia Drury [Aberration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aberration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/shadia-drury-74677_aberration_far-from-being-an-aberration-that-is-not_2130226.png) > [I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/i-never-imagined-when-i-wrote-my-first-book-on-strauss-that-the/) Shadia Drury [Allies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/shadia-drury-74677_allies_i-never-imagined-when-i-wrote-my-first-b_3019238.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shadia-drury/#itemlist", "name": "Shadia Drury Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As [Gershom] Scholem explains, this [Shabbetaian] doctrine is connected to the idea that 'the elect are fundamentally different from the crowd and not to be judged by its standards. 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