American philosopher and psychoanalyst (1948–2025)

Aristotle : the desire to understand / Jonathan Lear.

Freud / Jonathan Lear.

Wisdom won from illness : essays in philosophy and psychoanalysis / Jonathan Lear.

Freud.

Happiness, death, and the remainder of life / Jonathan Lear.

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Jonathan Lear

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Aristotle : the desire to understand / Jonathan Lear.

Freud / Jonathan Lear.

Wisdom won from illness : essays in philosophy and psychoanalysis / Jonathan Lear.

Freud.

Happiness, death, and the remainder of life / Jonathan Lear.