This is a major, wide-ranging, and comprehensive book. A philosophical investigation that is also a literary and historical study, Truth and Truthfulness asks how and why we have come to think of accuracy, sincerity, and authenticity as virtues. Bernard Williams'… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
“I will tell you why I became a philosopher. I became a philosopher because I wanted to be able to talk about many, many… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
So long as we find anything beautiful, we feel that we have not yet exhausted what [life] has to offer […] That forward-looking element… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
My own view is that friendship is essential to our becoming who we are. It provides a context within which we can, more or… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
Beauty can be as dangerous as evil can be beautiful. But that is just another aspect of the double edge of non-moral values. Both… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
To find something beautiful is to hope that your life will be better if that is a part of it. Unfortunately, the promise of… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
To emphasize the importance of beauty is to connect art again to emotion and desire. To find something or someone beautiful is not simply… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
This is a major, wide-ranging, and comprehensive book. A philosophical investigation that is also a literary and historical study, Truth and Truthfulness asks how… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
In contrast to the values of morality, which depend on and encourage our similarities to each other, values like friendship or beauty depend on… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
“But is eternity an alternative to life? Isn't it, on the contrary, the case that it is when one wants everything to be eternal… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
My view is that friendship permeates human life and is involved in almost everything we think, feel, and do. For that very reason, there… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
It is clear that friendship is by and large crucial to human life. And I believe, in contrast with most of the philosophical tradition… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
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