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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5 what it means for something/someone to be Straussian?
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Leo Strauss was a philosopher who is most associated today with his research in hidden meanings.  He believed that most serious authors wrote in ways that led public interpretations to differ from secret interpretations meant for their students and close associates.  

A very simple example might be if someone says something like "we're going to London again", most listeners will interpret that as they're going to the city of London, England.  However, someone who was with them on their last trip and knows their schedule may realize they are referring to something memorable that happened on that trip (like getting lost) and apply that to their current situation.   

If there's a reason for an author not to speak openly about their true beliefs (like persecution or punishment) they may hide references to those beliefs in innocent statements in a way that serious study or insider knowledge can reveal them.