About the Author

Irving Singer was Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He was the author of the trilogies The Nature of Love and Meaning in Life, Philosophy of Love- A Partial Summing-Up, Mozart and Beethoven- The Concept of Love in Their Operas, all published by the MIT Press, and many other books.

Reviews

"Majestic." -- New York Times Book Review "Monumental." -- Boston Globe "Wise and magisterial." -- Times Literary Supplement "One of the major works of philosophy in our century." -- Nous