How long does it take to read On Tyranny?
On Tyranny by Leo Strauss takes about 4 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 228 pages, about 62,700 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This title is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue 'Hiero', or 'Tyrannicus', in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantes of exercising tyranny.
Subjects: Correspondence, Philosophy, Despotism, Political science, Hieron (Xenophon), Tyrannie et sagesse (Kojève, Alexandre)
