Críticas:
"A brilliant study. . . . The authors conclusively demonstrate how the self-taught Lincoln mastered Euclidean Geometry and used Euclid's elements in his most famous speeches, including the Gettysburg Address and the Cooper Union Address. Understanding geometry helped organize Lincoln's mind, his writing, and his political skills. To David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften, all students of Abraham Lincoln and our democracy are indebted."--Frank J. Williams, Chair, The Lincoln Forum, and Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island "No one has examined Euclidian logic alongside Lincoln's rhetorical and written construction as thoroughly as Mssrs. Hirsch and Van Haften, and the results are startling. We continue to shed our shopworn image of Lincoln as a low-gear country lawyer as we learn more about his cases, and now with this study we see a wholly new angle of his brilliance -- which nevertheless must keep us wondering, How did Lincoln do it? Picking apart his Cooper Institute speech for its inner structure, for example, they reveal how deeply Lincoln had imbibed the classical principles of organization, and how it made him the lawyer and politician he was. Hirsch and Van Haften also offer a guidebook not just for attorneys bent on the same self-improvement, but the simple tools for anyone to do as Lincoln did: learn how to learn, and then demonstrate the rightness of your position."--James M. Cornelius, Curator, Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum "Lincoln and the Structure of Reason offers a wholly new angle on Lincoln's brilliance.""--James M. Cornelius, Curator, Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Reseña del editor:
For more than 150 years, historians have speculated about what made Abraham Lincoln great. How did he create his great logic, reason, oratory, and writing? Some point to Lincoln's study of grammar, literature, and poetry. Others believe the deep national crisis was a factor. Authors Hirsch and Van Haften persuasively argue, for the first time, that it was Lincoln's in-depth study of geometry that gave him his verbal structure. Most historians have concluded that this was little more than mental calisthenics. In fact, argue the authors, Lincoln embedded the ancient structure of geometric proof into such speeches as the Gettysburg Address. Among other things, the authors artfully demonstrate the real importance of the Cooper Union speech (which helped make Lincoln president), offer a startling revelation about the Declaration of Independence that connects Lincoln to Thomas Jefferson more closely than previously realised, and show how the structure of the legal system also played a role of unforeseen significance. Through these new findings, Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason has given Lincoln a new importance and opened an entirely new avenue of scholarly study. About the Authors David Hirsch is an attorney with a BS from Michigan State University and a JD, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law. The idea for this book was conceived during his time writing for the American Bar Association Journal. Dan Van Haften has BS, with high honour, and MS degrees in mathematics from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.
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