Myles Burnyeat
| Myles Burnyeat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1939 |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Ancient philosophy |
| Institutions | Robinson College, Cambridge All Souls College, Oxford |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Notable awards | FBA, CBE |
Myles Fredric Burnyeat CBE FBA (born 1 January 1939)[1] is an English scholar of ancient philosophy.
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[edit] Life
Educated at Bryanston School and King’s College, Cambridge, Burnyeat was a student of Bernard Williams at University College London.
He became an assistant lecturer in philosophy at University College London in 1964, and a lecturer in 1965. In 1978, he was appointed a lecturer in classics at the University of Cambridge, and became a fellow of the new Robinson College, Cambridge, where he remained until 1996.
In 1984, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy[1] and appointed as the fifth Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge, a position he held until 1996.[2]
From 1996, he was Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at All Souls College, Oxford, before returning in 2006 to Robinson College.
He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 2005 to 2006.[3]
In 2007, he was made CBE and a Festschrift in his honour (Maieusis: Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat) was published.
From 1984 to 2000 he was married to the classicist and poet Ruth Padel.[4] From winter 2002 until her death in spring 2003 he was married to the scholar of ancient philosophy Heda Segvic, whose essays he prepared for publication.[5]
[edit] Publications
- Philosophy As It Is (co-ed.) 1979, ISBN 0140221360
- Doubt and Dogmatism (co-ed.) Clarendon Press 1980, ISBN 0198248725
- Science and Speculation: Studies in Hellenistic Theory and Practice (co-ed.) Cambridge University Press1982, ISBN 0521022185
- The Sceptical Tradition (ed.) University of California Press 1983, ISBN 0520047958
- Notes on Eta and Theta of Aristotle's "Metaphysics": A Study Guide University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy 1984, ISBN 0905740270
- The Theaetetus of Plato Hackett Publishing Co, Inc 1990, ISBN 0872201597
- The Original Sceptics (co-ed. with Michael Frede) 1997, ISBN 0872203476
- A Map of Metaphysics Zeta 2001, ISBN 093522503X
- Heda Segvic, From Protagoras to Aristotle: Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy (ed.) by Myles Burnyeat, Princeton University Press 2008, ISBN 0691131236
- Aristotle's Divine Intellect, Marquette University Press 2008, ISBN 0874621755
[edit] See also
- Maieusis: Essays in Ancient Philosophy in Honour of Myles Burnyeat, edited by Dominic Scott, Oxford University Press 2007, ISBN 0199289972
[edit] References
- ^ a b British Academy Fellowship entry
- ^ Cambridge University database
- ^ The Aristotelian Society - List of Past Presidents
- ^ Relative Values: Ruth Padel and Gwen Burnyeat, The Sunday Times, 8 March 2009
- ^ http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i8802.html
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| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Gwilym Ellis Lane Owen |
Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy Cambridge University 1984 - 1996 |
Succeeded by Gisela Striker |
| Preceded by Timothy Williamson |
President of the Aristotelian Society 2005 - 2006 |
Succeeded by Thomas Baldwin |
