and so and, again, you could see that, you know, what he took from wymar in that respect. but, yes, there is a concern with stability, security and order. but the example of anglo-american liberal democracy suggested to strauss that these, in fact, could be combined with freedom and, indeed, social justice. >> yes. >> so -- [inaudible] is questioning the traditional characterization of leo strauss as being a supporter of the right, could you provide a definition of the right and the left? >> yes. well, maybe i can start from strauss' own definition. or attempt to define the difference between, between right and left. and he does this in a couple of places in lectures that he gave on two thinkers who i would describe as liberal humanists, emanuel khan and hugo -- [inaudible] well, first of all, strauss says that right and left did mean something rather different, and this is a historical meaning that's not terribly relevant in, you know, old europe. it was like an altar versus the forces of a french revolution and so on. he says that it's difficult in the american context t