Alexander Nehamas

Alexander Nehamas
Born (1946-03-22) 22 March 1946 (age 79)
Education
Alma materSwarthmore College (BA)
Princeton University (PhD)
ThesisPredication and the Theory of Forms in the 'Phaedo' (1971)
Doctoral advisorGregory Vlastos
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolPhilosophy
Doctoral studentsBernard Reginster
Main interestsAncient Greek philosophy, comparative literature, aesthetics

Alexander Nehamas (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Νεχαμάς; born 22 March 1946) is a Greek-born American philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy and comparative literature and the Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1990.[1][2] He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and Member of the American Philosophical Society (since 2016[3]), the Academy of Athens since 2018. He works on Greek philosophy, aesthetics, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and literary theory.

  1. ^ "Alexander Nehamas | Department of Philosophy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13.
  2. ^ "Alexander Nehamas | Comparative Literature".
  3. ^ "APS Member History".

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