{"id":105457,"date":"2024-07-30T00:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T05:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindseyemag.com\/magazine\/?p=105457"},"modified":"2024-07-30T00:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T05:34:24","slug":"the-straussian-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindseyemag.com\/magazine\/the-straussian-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Straussian Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\" data-testid=\"description\">\n<div class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\">\n<div class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pin.it\/1FurGOIZf\"><em>Image Source<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"><em><span class=\"Formatted\">Peter Thiel, cofounder of PayPal and Palantir, author of the essay \u201cThe Straussian Moment,\u201d describes 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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