Ralph Lerner (philosopher)
# Ralph Lerner (philosopher)

Ralph Lerner (born 1928) is an American political philosopher.

Lerner was born in Chicago, and attended the University of Chicago for his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in political science. His Ph.D. was advised by Leo Strauss. Lerner later joined the Chicago faculty, where he was named the Benjamin Franklin Professorship until 2003, when he was granted emeritus status.

## Books

* Naïve Readings: Reveilles Political and Philosophic, University of Chicago Press, 2016
* Playing the Fool: Subversive Laughter in Troubled Times, University of Chicago Press, 2009
* Maimonides' Empire of Light: Popular Enlightenment in an Age of Belief, University of Chicago Press, 2000
* Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment, University of North Carolina Press, 1994
* The Thinking Revolutionary: Principle and Practice in the New Republic, Cornell University Press, 1987
* The Founders' Constitution, edited with Philip B. Kurland, 1987
* Averroes on Plato's 'Republic', translated by Ralph Lerner, Cornell University Press, 1974
* Medieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook, Cornell University Press, 1963
