Harvey Mansfield
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Harvey Mansfield is an American political philosopher and Harvard professor known for his work on classical political thought, Machiavelli, and the theory of executive power.
All labels observed (2)
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| Harvey Mansfield canonical | 1 |
| Walter Berns | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8237446 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvey Mansfield Context triple: [Leo Strauss, influenced, Harvey Mansfield]
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Sidney Hook
Sidney Hook was an American philosopher and public intellectual known for his work in pragmatism, social and political philosophy, and his evolution from Marxist sympathizer to prominent anti-communist thinker.
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B.
Malcolm C. Rorty
Malcolm C. Rorty was an American economist and statistician best known as a co-founder and early leader in the development of the National Bureau of Economic Research and modern economic data analysis.
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C.
Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
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D.
Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom was an American political philosopher and classicist best known for his critique of contemporary higher education in his influential book "The Closing of the American Mind."
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Sheldon Wolin
Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvey Mansfield Target entity description: Harvey Mansfield is an American political philosopher and Harvard professor known for his work on classical political thought, Machiavelli, and the theory of executive power.
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A.
Sidney Hook
Sidney Hook was an American philosopher and public intellectual known for his work in pragmatism, social and political philosophy, and his evolution from Marxist sympathizer to prominent anti-communist thinker.
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B.
Malcolm C. Rorty
Malcolm C. Rorty was an American economist and statistician best known as a co-founder and early leader in the development of the National Bureau of Economic Research and modern economic data analysis.
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C.
Louis Menand
Louis Menand is an American critic, essayist, and Harvard professor best known for his work on American intellectual and cultural history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning book "The Metaphysical Club."
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D.
Allan Bloom
Allan Bloom was an American political philosopher and classicist best known for his critique of contemporary higher education in his influential book "The Closing of the American Mind."
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E.
Sheldon Wolin
Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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political philosopher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicRank | Professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1932-03-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Carl J. Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional theory
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history of political thought ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenCommentaryOn |
Discourses on Livy
NERFINISHED
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The Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary conservative political thought in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexis de Tocqueville
NERFINISHED
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Edmund Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ Niccolò Machiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interpretations of classical political thought
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scholarship on Machiavelli ⓘ theory of executive power ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
American constitutionalism
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Niccolò Machiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ classical political philosophy ⓘ executive power ⓘ liberalism ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Harvey Claflin Mansfield Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy
NERFINISHED
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America’s Constitutional Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ Machiavelli’s Virtue NERFINISHED ⓘ Manliness NERFINISHED ⓘ Statesmanship and Party Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | American conservatism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Delba Winthrop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedWorkOf | Niccolò Machiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Harvard University Department of Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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Walter Berns