Michele Abbate
Michele Abbate (* 1970 ) is an Italian classical philologist and historian of ancient philosophy .
Michele Abbate completed a degree in Classical Philology and Philosophy at the University of Pavia in 1994 with a laurea . In 2001 he was at the University of Macerata with a thesis on the ontological conception of etymology in the commentary of Proclus to Cratylus Plato doctorate. From 2001 to 2003 he was a research assistant, from 2003 to 2005 lecturer at the University of Pavia, from 2005 to 2007 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation scholarship with Michael Erler at the University of Würzburg , from 2007 to 2008 he was a member of a DFG project under management by Christoph Horn at the University of Bonn . Since 2008 he has been working at the University of Salerno .
The main research interests are Plato and Neoplatonism , especially Proclus. Further topics are the reception of Parmenides and the freedom of action and free will in Neoplatonism.
Fonts (selection)
- Dall'etimologia alla teologia. Proclo interprete del 'Cratilo'. Piemme, Casale Monferrato 2001.
- Proclo. Commento alla ´Repubblica di Platone . Bompiani, Milano 2004.
- (Ed., Transl.): Proclo. Teologia Platonica . Prefazione di Werner Beierwaltes . Introduzione di Giovanni Reale . Bompiani, Milano 2005. (translation, explanations and apparatus)
- Il divino tra unità e molteplicità. Saggio sulla 'Teologia Platonica' di Proclo. Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria 2008.
- Parmenide ei neoplatonici. Dall'Essere all'Uno e al di là dell'Uno. Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria 2010, ISBN 978-88-6274-210-8 .
Web links
- Gruppo di ricerca filosofica Chora, announcements of lectures
- Short biography
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, list of publications
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Abbate, Michele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian historian of philosophy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |