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Alexander Nehamas

Alexander Nehamas is Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Philosophy, and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He is author of Nietzsche: Life as Literature, Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates, The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault, Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art, and On Friendship.

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