Gerard James Patrick O'Daly
Gerard James Patrick O'Daly (born April 30, 1943 in Dublin ) is an Irish classical philologist .
Life
He attended Belvedere College and University College Dublin , where he studied Classics (MA, 1965). He was with a thesis neoplatonistischen philosopher Plotinus at the University of Bern (Dr. phil. 1968) graduated and worked with his supervisor Willy Theiler the last volume of the German edition of Plotinus. In the 1980s he received several Humboldt fellowships at the University of Heidelberg and in 1984 received his habilitation in Heidelberg for research on Augustine . He was a member of the editorial team of the Augustine Lexicon for several years . Between 1969 and 1991 he taught at the Universities of Lancaster , Nottingham and Würzburg . He joined University College London in 1991 as a professor of Latin .
His research focuses on literature, religion and spiritual life in the Roman Empire between AD 200 and 500. Currently (spring 2020) he is mainly working on plotinus and Latin poetry of the fourth and fifth centuries, particularly Prudentius .
Fonts (selection)
- Plotinus' philosophy of the self . Shannon 1973, ISBN 0-7165-0323-0 .
- Augustine's philosophy of mind . London 1987, ISBN 0-7156-2111-4 .
- The poetry of Boethius . London 1991, ISBN 0-7156-2366-4 .
- Augustine's City of God. A reader's guide . Oxford 1999, ISBN 0-19-826354-6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Daly, Gerard James Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Daly, Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |