Michael Frede
Michael Johannes Frede (born May 31, 1940 in Berlin , † August 11, 2007 in Agios Minas near Itea , Greece ) was a German philosopher who dealt in particular with ancient philosophy .
Life
He completed his philosophy studies in Göttingen in 1966 with a doctorate to become a Dr. phil. and held an assistant position there until 1971. In 1972 he completed his habilitation with the thesis »The stoic logic«. In 1968/69 he was a visiting lecturer in Berkeley , California , where he accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department in 1971 and was soon appointed full professor. In 1976 he moved to Princeton , New Jersey, and in 1991 to Oxford , where he taught the history of philosophy until his retirement in 2005. In 1997/98 he returned to Berkeley for a guest semester as the 84th Sather Professor of Classical Literature. After his retirement he taught at the University of Athens .
In 1966 Michael Frede married the philosopher Dorothea Aline Nicolai, who as Dorothea Frede has made a well-known, good name for herself , especially in ancient philosophy. The Fredes have two children together.
While attending a colloquium in Delphi , Michael Frede drowned on August 11, 2007 while bathing in the Gulf of Corinth . He was buried in Athens on August 14th .
Frede was a member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen , the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works (selection)
- Predication and existence statement. Plato's use of "... is ..." and "... is not ..." in the Sophistes (= Hypomnemata. Investigations into antiquity and its afterlife . Vol. 18). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 1967.
- The stoic logic (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Phil.-hist. Kl. 3rd episode, vol. 88). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1974.
- Essays in Ancient Philosophy. Clarendon Press , Oxford 1987.
- together with Günther Patzig : Aristoteles 'Metaphysik Z'. Text, translation and commentary. 2 vols. Beck , Munich 1988.
- The concept of the individual among the Church Fathers. In: Yearbook for Antiquity and Christianity . No. 40, Aschendorff Verlag , Münster 1997, pp. 38-54.
literature
- John M. Cooper: Michael Johannes Frede, 1940-2007 . In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy . tape XIV , 2015, p. 167-182 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Frede in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary from the University of California, Berkeley
- Times obituary dated Sept. 27, 2007
- Obituary in Telegraph.co.uk, October 23, 2007
- Michael Frede. A complete list of publications (1962–2011) (PDF file; 406 kB)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frede, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frede, Michael Johannes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Agios Minas, Greece |