Daniel Babut

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Daniel Babut (born February 12, 1929 in Lille ; † February 13, 2009 ) was a French classical philologist and historian of philosophy .

Life

Babut was a professor at the Université Lumière-Lyon 2 from 1963 to 1992 and a research assistant at the Ferdinand Courby Institute there. From 1952 he was a member of the Association pour l'encouragement des études grecques en France .

Babut dealt with Greek philosophy , religion and the history of science. The main focus of research was the Platonist Plutarch and his reception of Stoic philosophy .

Fonts (selection)

  • Plutarque et le stoicisme. Presses universitaires de France, Paris 1969. - Review by AA Long . In: The Classical Review , 22, 1972, pp. 27-29.
    • Italian translation: Plutarco e lo stoicismo. Presentatione di Roberto Radice. Edizione italiana a cura di Alberto Bellanti. Vita et Pensiero Universita, Milan 2003.
  • (Ed., Transl., Comm.): Plutarque, De la vertu éthique. Introduction, texts, traduction et commentaire. Les Belles Lettres, Paris 1969. - Review by GJP O'Daly. In: The Classical Review , 23, 1973, pp. 156-158.
  • La Religion des philosophes grecs de Thalès aux Stoïcismes. Presses universitaires de France, Paris 1974.
  • Parerga. Choix d'articles de Daniel Babut (1974-1994). Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée , Lyon 1994.
  • Michel Casevitz (ed.), Daniel Babut (transl., Comm.): Plutarque, Oeuvres morales. Tome XV, 1st partie. Traité 70: “Sur les contradictions stoïciennes” . Traité 71: Synopsis du traité “Que les stoïciens tiennent des propos plus paradoxaux que les poètes.” Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2004 (Budé Collection), ISBN 2-251-00522-6 . - Review by Richard Dufour. In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review , 2005-02-34
  • Michel Casevitz (ed.), Daniel Babut (transl., Comm.): Plutarque, Oeuvres morales. Tome XV, 2nd part. Traité 72. Sur les notions communes, contre les Stoïciens. Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2002 (Budé Collection), ISBN 2-251-00507-2 .
  • Sur les dieux d'Epicure . In: Elenchos , 26, 2005, pp. 79-110.

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SURNAME Babut, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French classical philologist and historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2009