title: Philosophy Between the Lines: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing
author:  Arthur M. Melzer 
description: "Melzer has written the most compelling, surprising, and persuasive defense of Strauss's thought that I have ever read. It deserves a wide and appreciative audience. And if it gets one, the consequences could be enormous. Because if Strauss was right in the way he interpreted the Western philosophical tradition, then much of modern scholarship -- and, by extension, our civilization's understanding of its intellectual and political inheritance -- will need to be radically revised."<br />(Damon Linker, The Week, 2014-10-31)<br /><br />
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  THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS
  
  
  [ Being the Account of Dr. Nebogipfel's Sojourn in
  
  
  Llyddwdd
  
  [ How an Esoteric Story Became
  Possible](THE%20CHRONIC%20ARGONAUTS_split_003.html#filepos29439)
  
  [ THE ESOTERIC STORY BASED ON THE CLERGYMAN'S D
  
  
  EPOSITIONS
  
  [ The Anachronic Man](THE%20CHRONIC%20ARGONAUTS_split_005.html#filepos36847)
  
  [ The Chronic Argo](THE%20CHRONIC%20ARGONAUTS_split_006.html#filepos48179)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS
  
  
  ### by H. G. Wells
  
  
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  * [ Being the Account of Dr. Nebogipfel's Sojourn in
  
  
  Llyddwdd
  
  
  * [ How an Esoteric Story Became Possible](THE%20CHRONIC%20ARGONAUTS_split_003.html#filepos29439)
  
  
  * [ THE ESOTERIC STORY BASED ON THE CLERGYMAN'S D
  
  
  EPOSITIONS
  
  
  * [ The Anachronic Man](THE%20CHRONIC%20ARGONAUTS_split_005.html#filepos36847)
  
  
  * [ The Chronic Argo](THE%20CHRONIC%20ARGONAUTS_split_006.html#filepos48179)
  
  
  Originally from Th