Klein is definitely phenomenological in his approach. For
instance, his account of the history of mathematics is that of
increasing formalization and the disappearance of the
"foundation" of mathematics in ordinary life. Greek mathematics
is superior in that it is always directed at the life world, ie
number is always a number of discrete things and is fulfilled
in ordinary intuition. That's the original form of mathematics,
and the history of formalization comes I think from Klein's
neoKantian background, including Natorp. Strauss too for
instance begins his Hobbes book with a reference to Cassirer on
the Platonization of philosophy in early modern philosophy, ie
the mathematicization of philosophy. Strauss I think always
assumes this philosophical background, but he never makes it
explicit, except in a few places.
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