Harry V. Jaffa

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Harry V. Jaffa was an American political philosopher and historian best known for his scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, natural right, and the American founding within the Straussian tradition.

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instanceOf American academic
person
political philosopher
awardReceived National Humanities Medal
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1918-10-07
dateOfDeath 2015-01-10
doctoralAdvisor Leo Strauss
educatedAt The New School for Social Research
Yale University
employer City College of New York
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont McKenna College
Ohio State University
familyName Jaffa
fieldOfWork American political thought
intellectual history
political philosophy
fullName Harry Victor Jaffa
genre constitutional commentary
political theory
givenName Harry
influencedBy Abraham Lincoln
Aristotle
Leo Strauss
knownFor defense of natural right
interpretation of the American founding
scholarship on Abraham Lincoln
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Claremont Institute intellectual circle
movement Straussian school of political philosophy
linked to: Straussianism

West Coast Straussianism
linked to: Straussianism
notableIdea critique of moral relativism in American politics
moral and philosophical defense of Abraham Lincoln
natural-right reading of the Declaration of Independence
unity of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
notableWork A New Birth of Freedom
American Conservatism and the American Founding
Crisis of the House Divided
Equality and Liberty
How to Think About the American Revolution
Original Intent and the Framers of the Constitution
Storm Over the Constitution
Thomism and Aristotelianism
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Pomona, California
religion Judaism
workLocation Claremont, California
linked to: Claremont

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Leo Strauss influenced Harry V. Jaffa
Straussianism hasNotableProponent Harry V. Jaffa