Concetta Luna

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Concetta Ester Lucia Luna (born May 31, 1959 ) is an Italian classical philologist and historian of philosophy .

Luna studied Classical Philology from 1978 to 1982 at the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore and graduated from the University of Pisa with the Laurea , at the Scuola Normale Superiore with the Diploma di licenza. From 1982 to 1985 she took a Corso di perfezionamento at the Scuola Normale Superiore (postgraduate studies). From 1985 to 1987 she continued her studies with a scholarship at the École Normale Supérieure , Paris , and from 1987 to 1990 with an “Allocation de recherche” at the Collège de France . From 1990 to 1992 she stayed at the Thomas Institute in Cologne on a grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn) . Since 1992 she has been a ricercatore (research assistant) at the Scuola Normale Superiore in the subject Latin Language and Medieval Literature .

Luna works on Neoplatonism ( Simplikios , Marinos , Damascios ) and on medieval philosophy ( Aegidius Romanus , a student of Thomas Aquinas ) as well as on the Arab reception of Neoplatonism.

Fonts (selection)

  • Trois Études sur la Tradition des Commentaires Anciens à la Métaphysique d'Aristote. Leiden-Boston-Cologne, Brill 2001 (Philosophia Antiqua, 88).
  • Simplicius, Commentaire sur les Catégories, chapitres 2-4. Traduction par Ph. Hoffmann (avec la collaboration de Ilsetraut Hadot et Pierre Hadot ), commentaire par C. Luna, Paris, Les Belles Lettres 2001.
  • Marinus, Proclus ou sur le bonheur. Texts établi et traduit par HD Saffrey et A.-Ph. Segonds, avec la collaboration de C. Luna, Paris, Les Belles Lettres 2001 (Collection des Universités de France).
  • Damascius, Commentaire du Parménide de Plato. Tome IV. Texts établi par LG Westerink , traduit et annoté par J. Combès, avec la collaboration de A.-Ph. Segonds et C. Luna, Paris, Les Belles Lettres 2003 (Collection des Universités de France).
  • Aegidii Romani Opera Omnia, vol. III.2 Reportatio lecturae super libros I-IV Sententiarum. Reportatio Monacensis. Excerpta Godefridi de Fontibus. A cura di C. Luna, Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo 2003 (Corpus Philosophorum Medii Aevi - Testi e Studi, XVII).

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SURNAME Luna, Concetta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luna, Concetta Ester Lucia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical philologist and historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1959