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Jonathan Lear (1948-2025) Philosopher, psychoanalyst. Jonathan Lear was born in New York City and died in Chicago, Illinois. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the Rockefeller University in Manhattan, New York, in 1978.

Full Name

Jonathan David Lear

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1948

Birth

Jonathan David Lear was born in New York City on October 9, 1948.

1978

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Lear received his doctorate in philosophy from the Rockefeller University in Manhattan, New York, in 1978.

1980

Literary Work

Aristotle and Logical Theory
Cambridge University Press
0521230314 / 978-0521230315
Nonfiction.

1988

Literary Work

Aristotle: The Desire to Understand
Cambridge University Press
9780521347624 / 978-0521347624
Nonfiction.

1990

Literary Work

Love and Its Place in Nature: A Philosophical Interpretation of Freudian Psychoanalysis
Farrar Straus & Giroux
0374192367 / 978-0374192365
Nonfiction.

1998

Literary Work

Open Minded: Working Out the Logic of the Soul
Harvard University Press
0674455339 / 978-0674455337
Nonfiction.

2000

Literary Work

Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life
Harvard University Press
0674003292 / 978-0674003293
Nonfiction.

2008

Literary Work

Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Harvard University Press
0674027469 / 978-0674027466
Nonfiction.

2011

Literary Work

A Case For Irony
Harvard University Press
0674061454 / 978-0674061453
Nonfiction.

2015

Literary Work

Freud
Routledge
0415831792 / 978-0415831796
Biography (Originally published in 2005).

2017

Literary Work

Wisdom Won from Illness: Essays in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
Harvard University Press
0674967844 / 978-0674967847
Collection of essays.

2022

Literary Work

Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life
Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
0674272595 / 978-0674272590
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Jonathan Lear died at his home in Chicago, Illinois, on September 22, 2025.

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