Henry J. Blumenthal
Henry J. Blumenthal , complete Henry Jacob Blumenthal (born March 30, 1936 in Leipzig , † April 23, 1998 in Catania , Sicily ) was a British classical scholar .
Life
Blumenthal had emigrated to England with his family as a child and attended Mill Hill School in London . After the National Service in the Royal Air Force , he began studying Classical Philology in Classical tripos at Trinity College , Cambridge , at FH Sandbach . There were John Michael Rist and Denis O'Brien classmates. After graduating with a BA in 1960, he spent a year abroad in Paris . In 1964 he was with a dissertation on Plotinus' psychology for Ph.D. PhD. After a short stay at Mount Allison University in Canada , he was hired by Arthur Hilary Armstrong as a lecturer in Greek at the University of Liverpool in 1965 . He stayed there for the rest of his professional life, becoming Senior Lecturer in 1974, Gladstone Reader in Greek in 1978, and finally Professor in 1997. In 1975 he was a Fellow of the Center for Hellenic Studies , from 1983 to 1990 Head of the Department of Greek (later: of Classics and Archeology). In 1998 he retired.
Blumenthal had been married to the Canadian Anna Rosner since 1966 and had a son, a daughter and an adopted daughter.
Research priorities
The focus of his research was Neoplatonism and Plotinus, in particular their philosophical psychology, which was faced with the difficult task of reconciling the psychology of Aristotle with that of Plato . Blumenthal left an almost complete but previously unpublished commentary on Plotin's treatise "Problems of the Soul" (Enneade IV 3-5).
Fonts (selection)
- Plotinus' psychology. His doctrines of the embodied soul. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1971.
- Plotinus' psychology. Aristotle in the service of platonism. Fordham University, New York, NY 1972.
- (Ed., With AC Lloyd): Soul and the structure of being in late neoplatonism. Syrianus, Proclus, and Simplicius. Papers and discussions of a colloquium held at Liverpool, April 15-16, 1982. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 1982.
- (Ed., With Howard Robinson): Aristotle and the later tradition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1991.
- (Ed., With RA Markus): Neoplatonism and early Christian thought. Essays in honor of AH Armstrong. Variorum, London 1992.
- (Ed., With EG Clark): The divine Iamblichus. Philosopher and man of gods. Bristol classical press, London 1993.
- Soul and intellect. Studies in Plotinus and later neoplatonism. Variorum, Aldershot 1993. (Collection of essays by Blumenthal)
- On soul and intellect, in: Lloyd P. Gerson (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Neoplatonism. Cambridge UP, Cambridge 1996, pp. 82-104. Excerpts online .
- Aristotle and Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity. Interpretations of the De Anima. Duckworth, London 1996, ISBN 0-7156-2719-8 .
- (Transl.): Simplicius, On Aristotle's "on the soul 3.1-5". Translated by HJ Blumenthal. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 2000 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle).
literature
- John Dillon : Obituary: Professor Henry Blumenthal , in: The Independent , Friday 1 May 1998, online
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blumenthal, Henry J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blumenthal, Henry Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1998 |
| Place of death | Catania |