Thomas Jefferson: America's Philosopher-KingTransaction Publishers, 1. jan. 1996 - 147 strani 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 history, Lerner began work on a book about Jefferson in 1957, rewriting it several times throughout his life, always with the intention of introducing general readers to "a thinker and public figure of enduring pertinence." In this volume, Lerner uses the facts of Jefferson's life and work as the springboard to insightful analysis and informed assessment. In considering Jefferson, Lerner combines biographical information, historical background, and analytical commentary. The result is a biographical-interpretive volume, a primer about Jefferson that not only describes his accomplishments, but discusses his problems and failures. As political figures have declined in esteem in recent decades, the media has probed deeper into previously private lives. Historians, biographers, and others have revealed personal details about deceased prominent figures. Two centuries after he helped create America, Jefferson remains a figure of enduring fascination within academic circles and beyond. Max Lerner helps explain and clarify not only this unending fascination, but the timeless relevance of the nation's devoutly democratic yet singularly authentic "philosopher-king." |
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The Making of a Revolutionary 17431784 | 11 |
A Diplomat in Europe 17851789 | 27 |
The Struggle for National Mastery 17891800 | 37 |
The Practice and Theory of Foreign Policy 17891795 | 45 |
The Two Revolutions | 51 |
A Party Leaders Path to the Summit 17891800 | 59 |
Jefferson in Power The Jeffersonian Revolution and the Presidency 18011805 | 69 |
Jefferson in Trouble Conspiracy Embargo and Civil Liberties 18051809 | 79 |
Reformer Educator Humanist The Rounding Out of a Mind and Will 18091826 | 97 |
Jeffersons Cosmos as a Frame for His Thought | 105 |
Last Days and Death 1826 | 115 |
The Shadow of Jefferson Legend Image Idea | 119 |
Ambiguity and Unity in Jeffersons Thought | 123 |
Jefferson as a Man of Letters | 131 |
Twilight of a Life And A Great Correspondence 18091826 | 89 |
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Stran 1 - I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.