Chris Bobonich
{{short description|American philosopher}}
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Christopher Bobonich (born February 8, 1960) is an American philosopher and a leading scholar of Ancient Greek philosophy, especially known for his work on Plato's Laws. He is currently Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Classics (by courtesy) at Stanford University.{{Cite web |url=https://philosophy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/current.cv_.copy_.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-19 |archive-date=2015-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620064002/https://philosophy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/current.cv_.copy_.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Education and career
Bobonich was born on February 8, 1960, in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He completed his BA in Government at Harvard University in 1981. He then went on to complete his MPhil (1983) in Philosophy at Cambridge University and his PhD in Philosophy at UC Berkeley (1990) under Alan Code, now his colleague at Stanford.{{Cite web |date=2010-09-30 |title=Professor Snapshot: Chris Bobonich |url=https://stanforddaily.com/2010/09/30/professor-snapshot-chris-bobonich/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |language=en-US}} He taught first at the University of Chicago, and, since 1996, at Stanford University.{{Cite web |url=https://philosophy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/current.cv_.copy_.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-19 |archive-date=2015-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620064002/https://philosophy.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/current.cv_.copy_.pdf |url-status=dead }}
See also
Bibliography
- Plato's Laws: A Critical Guide (ed), (Cambridge Critical Guides), Cambridge University Press, 2010
- Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: From Socrates to Plotinus (ed), (with P. Destrée), Brill Publishers, 2007
- Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics, Oxford University Press, 2002
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140531164503/http://philosophy.stanford.edu/profile/Christopher%2BBobonich/ Page at Stanford.edu]
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Category:Stanford University Department of Philosophy faculty
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:American scholars of ancient Greek philosophy
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