Jonathan Lear
October 9, 1948 - September 22, 2025
General Information
Bio
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.
Cambridge University Press
0521230314 / 978-0521230315
Nonfiction.
1988
Literary Work
Aristotle: The Desire to Understand
Cambridge University Press
9780521347624 / 978-0521347624
Nonfiction.
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.
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.
Harvard University Press
0674455339 / 978-0674455337
Nonfiction.
2000
Literary Work
Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life
Harvard University Press
0674003292 / 978-0674003293
Nonfiction.
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.
Harvard University Press
0674027469 / 978-0674027466
Nonfiction.
2011
Literary Work
A Case For Irony
Harvard University Press
0674061454 / 978-0674061453
Nonfiction.
Harvard University Press
0674061454 / 978-0674061453
Nonfiction.
2015
Literary Work
Freud
Routledge
0415831792 / 978-0415831796
Biography (Originally published in 2005).
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.
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.
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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