Daniel J. Mahoney

Daniel J. Mahoney is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and professor emeritus at Assumption University. His most recent books are The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation and Recovering Politics, Civilization, and the Soul: Essays on Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton.

February 28, 2024

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Essays

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors

The Foreword to an important new book on conservative humanism and the Western tradition.
July 31, 2023

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Essays

Modern Will vs. Classical Restraint: The Mind of James V. Schall

The Catholic philosopher’s final essay collection is a monument to his joyful life and thought.
January 4, 2021

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Ballast on the Ship of State: Statesmanship as Human Excellence

Realism without moral purpose has misled modern statecraft, which should follow instead the wisdom of Cicero and the examples of Churchill and de Gaulle.
May 8, 2019

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Solzhenitsyn: Politics and the Ascent of the Soul

For the great Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, political freedom was not of primary importance for human flourishing. But it was a necessary precondition.

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