Jonathan Barnes
Jonathan Barnes (born 26 December 1942) is a British scholar of ancient philosophy.
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[edit] Education and career
He was educated at the City of London School[1] and Balliol College, Oxford University.[2]
He taught for 25 years at Oxford University before moving to the University of Geneva. He was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, 1968–78[3]; a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, 1978–94, and has been Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College since 1994.[4]
He was Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Oxford University, 1989–94.[5]
He was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Geneva 1994–2002.[6]
He taught at the University of Paris- Sorbonne in France, and took his éméritat in 2006.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1987.[7]
He is an expert on ancient Greek philosophy, and has edited the two-volume collection of Aristotle's works as well as a number of commentaries on Aristotle, the pre-Socratics and other areas of Greek thought.
He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.[8]
[edit] Family
He married in 1965 and has two daughters.[8]
He is the brother of the novelist Julian Barnes, and he and his family feature in the latter's memoir Nothing to be Frightened Of (2008).
[edit] Writings
- The Complete Works of Aristotle, 2 vols, 1984; reprinted with corrections, 1995 (General Editor)
- Posterior Analytics (translation and commentary on Aristotle), (1975) (revised edition, 1994)
- The Ontological Argument (1972)
- Presocratic Philosophers 2 Vols., 1979; 1 vol. revised edition, 1982
- Aristotle (1982)
- The Modes of Scepticism (1985), with Julia Annas
- Early Greek Philosophy (1987)
- The Toils of Scepticism (1990)
- The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (1995)
- Logic and the Imperial Stoa (1997)
- Porphyry: introduction (2003)
- Truth, etc. (2007)
- Coffee with Aristotle (2008)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ 2011 edition (2011). "entry for Prof. Jonathan Barnes FBA". Who's Who. A & C Black.
- ^ a b "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- Merritt Moseley, Understanding Julian Barnes, University of South Carolina Press (1997) - This provides family info on the Barnes family
[edit] External links
- Works by or about Jonathan Barnes in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Bibliography
- Photo
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