having similarities to the relationship which an individual can have to artworks. “Like metaphors and works of art, the people who matter to us are all, so far as we are concerned, inexhaustible. They always remain a step beyond the furthest point our knowledge of them has reached—though only if, and as long as, they still matter to us.” Selected works Nietzsche: Life as Literature, Cambridge: Harvard University Press (1985) Symposium (translation, with Paul Woodruff) (1989) The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault (1998) Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates (1999) Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art (2007) On Friendship'' (2016) References External links Nehamas' page at the Princeton department of philosophy List of articles (in Greek) "An Essay on Beauty and Judgment" Nehamas interviewed on Friendship for Philosophy Bites podcast Audio of Alexander Nehamas's lecture "Only in the Contemplation of Beauty Is Human Life Worth Living" at the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities on Nov 17, 2005. Review of Nehamas' book Only A Promise of Happiness in the New York Sun Art, Interpretation And The Rest Of Life The Gifford Lectures 2008 Interview in Greek daily Kathimerini (February 13, 2011) on the occasion of Nehamas' award of an honorary doctoral degree at the School of Fine Arts of Athens University (in Greek) Audio of An interview with Alexander Nehamas on Beauty with Joshua Landy on February 15, 2011. Living people Greek emigrants to the United States American scholars of ancient Greek philosophy Philosophers of art Swarthmore College alumni Princeton University faculty 1946 births Princeton University alumni Members of the Academy of Athens (modern) Presidents of the American Philosophical Association Members of the American Philosophical Society