Jason Xenakis
{{Short description|Romanian-born Greek philosopher}}
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Jason Byron Xenakis (1923–1977) was a Romanian-born Greek philosopher, and for a time, a significant presence in American philosophical scholarship about Epictetus and Stoicism.{{cite web |url=https://modernstoicism.com/a-biographical-sketch-of-jason-xenakis-1923-1977-by-christopher-lee/ |title=A Biographical Sketch of Jason Xenakis (1923–1977) |website=ModernStoicism.com |access-date=27 January 2025}}{{better source needed|date=January 2025}} Born into an affluent expatriate Greek family in Brăila, Romania, He is known for pioneering work on the philosophy of Epictetus, modern interpretations of Stoicism and works on the philosophy of suicide. As an academic, he contributed scholarly work in philosophy and logic. His best known work is his 1969 book Epictetus: Philosopher-therapist.
Important articles and works
- {{cite thesis |last=Xenakis |first=J.|year=1953 |title=A non-reductionist interpretation of Plato's ethics |url=https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990040234800203941/catalog |degree= Ph.D.|chapter= |publisher= |docket= |oclc=}}
- {{cite journal|last=Xenakis |first=J.|year=1957|title=On the Theological Interpretation of Plato's Ethics|journal=Harvard Theological Review|volume=50|issue=1|pages=67–70|doi=10.1017/S0017816000028388}}
- {{cite book|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Essence being and fact on Plato : an analysis of one of Theatetus' "koina" |year=1957|publisher= Kölner Universitätverlag}}
- {{cite journal|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Plato on statement and truth-value|year=1957|journal=Mind|volume=66|issue=262|pages=165–167|doi=10.1093/mind/LXVI.262.165 }}
- {{cite journal|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Ordinary-language philosophy: Language, logic and philosophy|year=1959|journal=Synthese|volume=11|issue=3 |pages=294–306|doi=10.1007/BF00486420}}
- {{cite journal|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Desupernaturalization|year=1964|journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion|volume=3|issue=2|pages=181–188|doi=10.2307/1384507|jstor=1384507 }}
- {{cite journal|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Logical Topics in Epictetus|year=1968|journal=The Southern Journal of Philosophy|volume=6|issue=2 |pages=94–102|doi=10.1111/j.2041-6962.1968.tb02032.x}}
- {{cite book|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Epictetus: Philosopher-therapist|year=1969|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff|url=https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/61228}}
- {{cite journal|last=Xenakis|first=J.|title=Hippies and cynics|year=1973|journal=Inquiry|volume=16|issue=1–4|pages=1–15|doi=10.1080/00201747308601680 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00201747308601680|url-access=subscription}}
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External links
- {{cite book|author=Percy Williams Bridgman|title=The Way Things Are|year=1959|publisher=Harvard University Press|doi=10.4159/harvard.9780674731394|isbn=978-0-674-73138-7 }}
- [https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_286914 Oral history interview with Lynda Benglis, 2009]
- {{cite journal| last=Dragona-Monachou|first=Myrto|year=1981|title=The post-existentialist neo-stoicism of Jacon Xenakis and the stoic theory of suicide |journal=The Greek Review of Social Research| volume=41|issue=41 |pages=56–65|doi=10.12681/grsr.373|doi-access=free}}
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Category:Greek historians of philosophy
Category:Scholars of ancient Greek philosophy
Category:Philosophers of death
Category:Oberlin College alumni
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:McNeese State University faculty