Alain-Philippe Segonds

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Alain-Philippe Segonds (born August 1, 1942 - May 2, 2011 ) was a French classical philologist , historian of philosophy and science and a publisher .

Segonds studied Classical Philology from 1962 to 1965 at the Sorbonne University in Paris and then at the École Pratique des Hautes Études , where, among other things, he heard the last lecture by Alexandre Koyré and attended seminars on ancient philosophy with André-Jean Festugière . In the following years he has mainly worked as a translator of works on the history of philosophy, among others by Proklos and Porphyrios as well as Johannes Kepler and Nikolaus Kopernikus . Segonds worked as a chercheur at the Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and as a publishing director at Les Belles Lettres . A commemorative publication was published under the title Omnia in uno (Paris 2012).

literature

  • Omnia in uno. Homage to Alain-Philippe Segonds , éd. par Caroline Noirot et Nuccio Ordine, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2012. ISBN 978-2-251-44457-4
personal data
SURNAME Segonds, Alain-Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French classical philologist, historian of philosophy and science, and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1942
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2011