Martin D. Yaffe (born 1942) is an

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philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. He is known for his works on the

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and

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

Books

* ''Shylock and the Jewish Question''.

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: 1997. *

Leo Strauss Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was an American scholar of political philosophy. He spent much of his career as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught several generations of students an ...

, ''Leo Strauss on

Moses Mendelssohn Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the ''Haskalah'', or 'J ...

''. Translated, edited, and with an interpretive essay by Martin D. Yaffe. Chicago:

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, 2012. *

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas ( ; ; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Catholic priest, priest, the foremost Scholasticism, Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the W ...

, ''Literal Exposition on the

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'' (tr.), Scholars Press/

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, 1989. *

Benedict Spinoza Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 163221 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenmen ...

, ''Theologico-Political Treatise'' (tr.), Focus Philosophical Library/ Hackett, 2004.

Edited

* ''Judaism and environmental ethics: a reader'', Lanham, Md.:

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, 2001. * ''

Emil Fackenheim Emil Ludwig Fackenheim (; 22 June 1916 – 19 September 2003) was a Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi. Born in Halle, Germany, he was arrested by Nazis on the night of 9 November 1938, known as . Briefly interned at the Sachsenhausen con ...

—Philosopher, Theologian, Jew: A Collection of Critical Essays'', edited by

Sharon Portnoff Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name. In English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, it is used as ...

, Jim Diamond, and Martin Yaffe, Brill 2008. * ''The Companionship of Books: Essays in Honor of

Laurence Berns Laurence Berns (1928–2011) was an American philosopher and Richard Hammond Elliot Tutor Emeritus at St. John’s College, Annapolis. He is known for his works on political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and concept ...

'', Lexington Books, 2011. * ''Reorientation: Leo Strauss in the 1930s''. Edited by Martin D. Yaffe and Richard Ruderman. New York NY:

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, 2014. * ''Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to

Tocqueville Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 180516 April 1859), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political philosopher, and historian. He is best known for his works ''Democracy in America'' (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and ...

'',

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, 2020. * ''Emil Fackenheim’s Post-

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Thought and its Philosophical Sources'',

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, 2021. *

’s ''The Political Philosophy of

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued for the importance of nat ...

, with Special Attention to the Principles of Foreign Policy'', Political Animal Press, 2024.

References

External links

Yaffe at the University of North Texas
Living people 21st-century American philosophers American philosophy academics 1942 births Claremont Graduate University alumni University of North Texas faculty University of Toronto alumni Leo Strauss scholars {{US-philosopher-stub