| I owe much to several extraordinary teachers. At Clarksville High School in Tennessee, Grady and Kaye Warren taught me Latin and fostered a remarkable intellectual environment through their liberality. Dan Burden, who taught mathematics there, encouraged me to think for myself, despite the discomfort. At Vanderbilt University, Robert H. Birkby provided a lasting example of teaching spirit and methods. Alasclair Macintyre led me to question the Enlightenment optimism that had ruled me until then. |
| This book began as my doctoral dissertation at Harvard University. There I had the great benefit of studying with Harvey C. Mansfield; I cannot thank him enough for his wisdom, support, and patience. On my committee Stephen Macedo and Dennis F. Thompson provided constructive criticism. |
| I am grateful for financial support provided during my graduate study by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the National Science Foundation. |
| Douglas Imig, Thomas Pangle, Bruce Pencek, David Steiner, Rick Tilman, David Welch, and Melissa Williams provided helpful conversation or comments on all or part of earlier drafts of the manuscript. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been a productive place to work: I thank in particular the Center for Advanced Research under the direction of James Malek, Hart Wegner, and Guy Bailey successively; and graduate assistants Justin Cohen, Scott Hammond, Julene Haworth, Elaine Hernandez, Brent Parker, and Micki Winsett. The Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto kindly allowed me to work on revisions as a visiting scholar there. Dorothy Bradley and |
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