When letters from the graduate schools he had applied to in January started arriving in March, Hugh P. Liebert `01 knew his options were good.
A social studies concentrator interested in the political philosophies of German writers like Nietsche and Heidegger, and in Greek scholars such as Plato, Liebert was accepted to programs at Harvard, Yale and the University of Chicago.
Liebert had studied with-and grown to admire-many of Harvard's government Faculty, especially Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield `53.
"Mansfield doesn't write much on the Germans, but he's really more of an expert than most people who do," Liebert says.
Yet despite his attachment to Harvard's department, Liebert chose not to pursue his doctorate at Harvard. Instead, he picked Chicago.
A Flaw in the Theory
With names like Mansfield, Michael J. Sandel, Richard F. Tuck, and Dennis F. Thompson-currently an associate provost-Harvard can legitimately claim to have the best department for studying political philosophy in the country.
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