Christopher Bobonich

Christopher Bobonich , also Chris (born February 8, 1960 ) is an American historian of philosophy .

After receiving his BA in Government from Harvard University in 1981, Bobonich earned an MPhil in Philosophy from Cambridge University in 1983 . He received his PhD in philosophy in 1990 from Alan Code at the University of California at Berkeley . He then taught at the University of Chicago and, since 1996, at Stanford University . There he is currently the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Classics (honorary).

Bobonich works on the philosophy of antiquity . His main research interests are ethics , political philosophy , psychology , metaphysics and epistemology . He became known through his work on Plato's Nomoi .

Fonts (selection)

• (Ed.): Plato's Laws. A Critical Guide (= Cambridge Critical Guides). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010.
• (Ed., With Pierre Destrée ): Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: From Socrates to Plotinus . Brill, Leiden 2007.
• Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002

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• Curriculum vitae and list of publications