Professor David Sedley FBA

Philosophy

Elected 1994

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 1994
Sections: Classical Antiquity, Philosophy
Website: https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-sedley

Current Post

University of Cambridge Emeritus Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

2000 - 2014

University of Cambridge Assistant Lecturer; Lecturer in Classics

1975 - 2000

Balliol College University of Oxford Dyson Junior Research Fellow in Greek Culture

1973 - 1975

Publications

Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity

David Sedley - Published in 2007 by University of California Press

The Midwife of Platonism: Text and Subtext in Plato's Theaetetus

David Sedley - Published in 2004 by Oxford University Press

Plato's Cratylus

David Sedley - Published in 2003 by Cambridge University Press

Lucretius and the transformation of Greek wisdom

David Sedley - Published in 1998 by University of Cambridge Press

The Hellenistic philosophers vol.2

David Sedley, A.A Long - Published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Dame Mary Beard FBA

The history, literature and culture of the classical world, and its impact on later periods

Professor Simon Goldhill FBA

The study of ancient Greek literature and culture, and its reception, especially in the nineteenth century

Professor Christine Korsgaard FBA

Moral philosophy and its history; Kantian ethics; practical reason; the philosophy of action; personal identity; the ethics of our treatment of animals

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Professor David Sedley FBA

Current Post

University of Cambridge Emeritus Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

2000 - 2014

University of Cambridge Assistant Lecturer; Lecturer in Classics

1975 - 2000

Balliol College University of Oxford Dyson Junior Research Fellow in Greek Culture

1973 - 1975

Publications

Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity

David Sedley - Published in 2007 by University of California Press

The Midwife of Platonism: Text and Subtext in Plato's Theaetetus

David Sedley - Published in 2004 by Oxford University Press

Plato's Cratylus

David Sedley - Published in 2003 by Cambridge University Press

Lucretius and the transformation of Greek wisdom

David Sedley - Published in 1998 by University of Cambridge Press

The Hellenistic philosophers vol.2

David Sedley, A.A Long - Published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Dame Mary Beard FBA

Professor Simon Goldhill FBA

Professor Christine Korsgaard FBA

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Professor David Sedley FBA

Current Post

University of Cambridge Emeritus Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

2000 - 2014

University of Cambridge Assistant Lecturer; Lecturer in Classics

1975 - 2000

Balliol College University of Oxford Dyson Junior Research Fellow in Greek Culture

1973 - 1975

Publications

Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity

David Sedley - Published in 2007 by University of California Press

The Midwife of Platonism: Text and Subtext in Plato's Theaetetus

David Sedley - Published in 2004 by Oxford University Press

Plato's Cratylus

David Sedley - Published in 2003 by Cambridge University Press

Lucretius and the transformation of Greek wisdom

David Sedley - Published in 1998 by University of Cambridge Press

The Hellenistic philosophers vol.2

David Sedley, A.A Long - Published in 1987 by Cambridge University Press

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Dame Mary Beard FBA

Professor Simon Goldhill FBA

Professor Christine Korsgaard FBA

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