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Simon May

English philosopher

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About Simon May

Simon May was a philosopher.

Simon Philip Walter May is visiting professor of philosophy at King's College, London, and at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Selected publications Jump! A New Philosophy for Conquering Procrastination. Basic Books, 2025. How to Be a Refugee. Picador, 2021 Love: A History. Yale University Press, 2011. Nietzsche's Ethics and his War on "Morality". Oxford University Press, 1999. Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality: A Critical Guide. Cambridge University Press, 2011. (Editor) Nietzsche on Freedom and Autonomy. Oxford University Press, 2009. (Edited with Ken Gemes) Thinking Aloud: A Collection of Aphorisms. Alma Books, 2009.

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King's College London, Birkbeck, University of London
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Simon Philip Walter May

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· Wikidata: Q30122614

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