This leads to an overarching criticism that Strauss holds regarding Burke which is his rejection of the use of logic. Burke dismisses a widely held view amongst theorists that reason should be the primary tool in the forming of a constitution or contract. Burke instead believes that constitutions should be made based on natural processes as opposed to rational planning for the future. However, Strauss points out that criticising rationality actually works against Burke's original stance of returning to traditional ways because some amount of human reason is inherent and therefore is in part grounded in tradition. In regards to this formation of legitimate social order, Strauss does not necessarily support Burke's opinion—that order cannot be established by individual wise people, but exclusively by a culmination of individuals with historical knowledge of past functions to use as a foundation. Strauss notes that Burke would oppose more newly formed republics due to this thought, although Lenzner adds the fact that he did seem to believe that America's constitution could be justified given the specific circumstances. On the other hand, France's constitution was much too radical as it relied too heavily on enlightened reasoning as opposed to traditional methods and values.
this leads to an overarching criticism that strauss holds regarding burke which is his rejection of the use of logic burke dismisses a widely held view amongst theorists that reason should be the primary tool in the forming of a constitution or contract burke instead believes that constitutions should be made based on natural processes as opposed to rational planning for the future however strauss points out that criticising rationality actually works against burke's original stance of returning to traditional ways because some amount of human reason is inherent and therefore is in part grounded in tradition in regards to this formation of legitimate social order strauss does not necessarily support burke's opinion—that order cannot be established by individual wise people but exclusively by a culmination of individuals with historical knowledge of past functions to use as a foundation strauss notes that burke would oppose more newly formed republics due to this thought although lenzner adds the fact that he did seem to believe that america's constitution could be justified given the specific circumstances on the other hand france's constitution was much too radical as it relied too heavily on enlightened reasoning as opposed to traditional methods and values