Léon Robin

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Léon Robin (born January 17, 1866 in Nantes , † July 1947 ) was a French philosopher and professor specializing in the history of ancient philosophy.

Robin worked after his studies and doctorate in philosophy (1908) from 1913 to 1936 at the Sorbonne University in Paris. With his numerous studies and translations on Plato , he is considered one of the internationally best-known historians of philosophy for ancient philosophy.

One of the research institutes of the CNRS at the University of Paris IV now bears his name as the Center Léon-Robin .

Works

  • La Théorie platonicienne de l'amour , Paris 1908 (new edition PUF, Paris 1964).
  • La Théorie platonicienne des Idées et des nombres d'après Aristote , Alcan, Paris 1908 (reprinted by Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1963 and 1998).
  • La Pensée grecque et les Origines de l'esprit scientifique , Renaissance du Livre, Paris 1923. (New edition Paris 1963)
  • Platon , Alcan, Paris 1935. [numerous new editions]
personal data
SURNAME Robin, Léon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes
DATE OF DEATH July 1947