Alexander Nehamas Quotes

Just as we can’t fully explain what is beautiful, so we can’t fully explain why we are friends with ...

On Friendship

friendship

I will tell you why I became a philosopher. I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to ta...

philosophy
knowledge

Alexander Nehamas

Born: 1946-03-22

Died: N/A

Alexander Nehamas (born 22 March 1946 in Athens, Greece) is Professor of philosophy and Edmund N. Carpenter, II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He works on Greek philosophy, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Foucault, and literary theory.More