Some believe Leo Strauss is neoconservatives Godfather, while others put much emphasis on Reinhold Niebuhr s influence on neoconservatives. 有学者认为新保守派师承列奥·施特劳斯,也有学者指出莱茵霍尔德·尼布尔是新保守派的教父。
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime ( Reinhold Niebuhr). 我们这辈子连一件有意义的事也没完成(莱因霍尔德尼泊赫)。
Reinhold Niebuhr clearly divided individual morality and collective morality, and emphasized the former is higher than the later. The underlined thought is his conception of individuality. 尼布尔明确地把个人道德与集体道德区分开,并强调个人道德高于群体道德,其背后的思想就是他的个体性思想。