Notes on... A New Birth of Freedom by Harry Jaffa. copyright 2000. ISBN 0-8467-9952-8; Suspicion & Faith by Merold Westphal. Copyright 1998. ISBN 13:978-0-8232-1876-9; Fellow Teachers by Philip Rieff Copyright 1972 ISBN 0-06-013554-9 The Conservative Foundation of the Liberal Order by Daniel J. Mahoney Copyright 2011, ISBN 978-1-935191-00-1
Showing posts with label Stephens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephens. Show all posts
Friday, February 11, 2011
p. 282 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa
How was Lincoln in complete agreement with one of his great southern adversaries, Alexander Stephens? And why did this agreement make war unavoidable? And how does John Calhoun prove himself the modern liberal?
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Calhoun,
Modern_Left_fllw_Taney,
New_Birth_of_Freedom,
progressivism,
science,
states_rights,
Stephens
p. 276 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa
What was the science argument used by the South to defend slavery? How does Philip Rieff's distinction between science and technology come into play here (Rieff is not mentioned in Jaffa's book.)
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Declaration,
New_Birth_of_Freedom,
science,
Stephens
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