 Strauss’s allusion to Halevi is made all the stronger by a reference to his essay on Halevi in a note to the following sentence: “There exists an alternative medieval interpretation of Aristotle’s doctrine [of natural right], namely, the Averroistic view or, more adequately stated, the view characteristic of the falāsia, as well as of the Jewish Aristotelians” (NRH, p. 158). The context of this comment and note is Strauss’s distinction between the Aristotelian view of natural right and the Socratic-Platonic view. For Aristotle, Strauss writes, “there is no fundamental disproportion between natural right and the requirements of political society” (NRH, p. 156). In contrast, Strauss maintains, the Platonic-Socratic view of natural right recognizes a fundamental discrepancy between the justice of natural right, which is independent of law, and the justice of the city, which is of necessity dependent on law. The Platonic-Socratic view of natural right points to the philosopher’s lack of inner attachment to the laws of society.