Ancient political thought and Leo Strauss in the mirror of modern Chinese (mis)interpretations. Bartsch, S. (2023). Plato Goes to China: the Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism. Princeton: Princeton UP.

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political philosophy, Reception of Antiquity, Aristotle, Strauss, Chinese Nationalism, Plato

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Review of Bartsch, S. (2023). Plato Goes to China: the Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism. Princeton: Princeton UP.

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Vitalii Zalozetskyi, Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv)

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2025-11-30

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Zalozetskyi, V. (2025). Ancient political thought and Leo Strauss in the mirror of modern Chinese (mis)interpretations. Bartsch, S. (2023). Plato Goes to China: the Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism. Princeton: Princeton UP. Sententiae, 44(3), 213–222. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent44.03.213

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