# Harvey Mansfield Harvard's house Straussian (b. 1932): East Coast student of [[Leo Strauss]]'s tradition, translator of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], theorist of **executive power** (*Taming the Prince*) whose arguments echo in unitary-executive debates, and author of *Manliness* (2006). Teacher of generations of conservative elites (including [[Tom Cotton]]). > [!info] Stub — created 2026-06-06 as a link target for the elite-theory cluster buildout. Expand.