What Harry Jaffa Taught

Abstract

I focus on Harry Jaffa ’ s teaching within the scope of my experience for two suf-fi cient reasons. Most importantly, there is a suf fi cient distinction between one ’ s teaching and one ’ s publications that there is no squared overlay of teachings and publications. That distinction does not emerge from considerations of esoter-icism and exotericism. It emerges, rather, from the force of mutual exploration between teacher and student, on the one hand, and the dynamics of exhortation, on the other hand. Although one may write in an exploratory manner, seeking to engage readers in discourse more or less open-ended