Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. It was first published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story." By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list where it remained for 38 weeks. In 1972 and 1973 the book topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States. == Plot == The book tells the story of Jona...

Jonathan Francis Bennett (born 17 February 1930) is a British philosopher of language and metaphysics, and a historian of early modern philosophy. Born in Greymouth, New Zealand to Francis Oswald Bennett and Pearl Allan Brash Bennett. Bennett read philosophy at the University of Canterbury (formerly Canterbury University College) and at the University of Oxford where he was a member of Magdalen College, Oxford. Bennett's first academic post was as a Junior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (then Auckland University College) (1952). He was an Instructor in Philosophy at Haverford...

Jonathan Wolff (born 25 June 1959) is a British philosopher and academic. He is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London. == Early life == Wolff was born on 25 June 1959 to Herbert Wolff and Doris Wolff (née Polakoff). He earned his MPhil from UCL under the direction of G.A. Cohen. == Academic career == He was formerly the secretary of the British Philosophical Association and has been Editor and then honorary secretary of the Aristotelian Society, which publishes Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. Recently, Wolff's work h...