{"product_id":"2940203924780","title":"Prophetic Statesmanship: Harry Jaffa, Abraham Lincoln, and the Gettysburg Address","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProphetic Statesmanship: Harry V. Jaffa, Abraham Lincoln, and the Gettysburg Address\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward J. Erler presents the lesser-known, late-life scholarship of renowned Lincoln scholar, Harry Victor Jaffa. Through a deep reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural, Erler considers some of Jaffa's startling discoveries about Lincoln, Aquinas, Aristotle, and America's political founding-discoveries that sometimes seem to contradict Jaffa's own prior writing and often contradict the existing scholarly consensus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1959, Jaffa established himself as a foremost Lincoln scholar when he published \u003ci\u003eCrisis of the House Divided\u003c\/i\u003e, a revolutionary breakthrough in the understanding of Lincoln's political philosophy. But by the time Jaffa published \u003ci\u003eA New Birth of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), he had developed a deeper understanding of what is known as the \"theological-political question,\" the conflict between theology and politics in philosophical thought. Jaffa referred to this development as his \"second sailing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaffa was never able to flesh out his evolving ideas about the \"theological-political question,\" as it concerns Abraham Lincoln, while he was alive. At the behest of Jaffa, his student Edward Erler wrote this book to do just that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his own scholarly aplomb, Erler explores Jaffa's scholarship on Aristotle's presence in the American founding; Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Aquinas's surprising, shared-albeit concealed-vision of participatory government; the union of divine law and natural law in the American founding; and the primacy of prudence as supreme political virtue; among other topics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67301200003313,"sku":"2940203924780","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940203924780_p0.jpg?v=1793821507","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940203924780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}