Thomas Jefferson
Over the course of more than six decades as an author, journalist, and professor, Max Lerner studied and assessed many presidents, yet Thomas Jefferson received his most sustained attention. To Lerner, Jefferson came closest in the American context to Plato''s "philosopher-king," the ideal thinker and leader. Because of his keen sense of Jefferson''s virtues and his unique place in United States h...
Over the course of more than six decades as an author, journalist, and professor, Max Lerner studied and assessed many presidents, yet Thomas Jefferson received his most sustained attention. To Lerner, Jefferson came closest in the American context to Plato''s "philosopher-king," the ideal thinker and leader. Because of his keen sense of Jefferson''s virtues and his unique place in United States h...