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    Medieval and early modern texts exhibit genuine ambiguiti... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Leo Strauss's esoteric reading thesis, the primary modern source for this claim, has been critiqued by scholars like Josef Stern and Warren Zev Harvey as over-systematizing ambiguity into intentional concealment.

    Medieval and early modern texts exhibit genuine ambiguities that resist unified interpretation, suggesting reading strategies beyond surface meaning.

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