Pamela Margaret Huby
Pamela Margaret Huby , born Clark until 1956 (born April 21, 1922 in Dulwich , London , † February 18, 2019 ) was a British historian of philosophy .
Life
Huby studied from 1940 to 1944 and 1945 to 1947 at Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford , and graduated with an MA in 1947 . She was 1944-1945 Assistant Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading and 1947-1949 Lecturer in Philosophy at St Anne's College of Oxford University . From 1949 to 1952 she was Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool , from 1952 to 1971 Lecturer, from 1971 to 1983 Senior Lecturer and from 1983 until her retirement in 1987, Reader . She then stayed with Liverpool University as an Honorary Research Fellow .
Huby worked in the field of ancient Greek philosophy. Among other things, she has published monographs on Greek ethics and the relationship between modern ethics and Plato , as well as numerous translations on Theophrastus and the Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle and Theophrastus.
Huby was also known for her thesis from 1967 that Epicurus was the discoverer of the problem of free will , a thesis that is still discussed today.
Fonts (selection)
Monographs
- Greek Ethics. St. Martin's Press, New York 1967; New edition Thoemmes Press, Bristol / Sterling (Virginia) 1998.
- Plato and Modern Morality. Macmillan, London 1972.
items
- The First Discovery of the Freewill Problem. In: Philosophy. Volume 42, 1967, pp. 353-362.
Translations
- Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought & Influence. Ed. And transl. by William W. Fortenbaugh with Pamela Huby, Robert W. Sharples and Dimitri Gutas . Brill, Leiden 1992, reprint with corrections 1993.
- Simplicius: On Aristotle, Physics 1.3-4. Translated by Pamela Huby and Christopher CW Taylor . Bloomsbury, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7156-3921-4 .
- Priscian: On Theophrastus on Sense-Perception ; with Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Soul 2.5-12. Translated by Pamela Huby and Carlos Steel . 2nd edition, Bloomsbury, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-4725-5847-3 .
- Philoponus: On Aristotle, Physics 4.6-9. Translated by Pamela Huby. Bloomsbury, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-4725-3916-8 .
literature
- Huby, Pamela Margaret. In: AC Grayling , Naomi Goulder, Andrew Pyle (Eds.): The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. Thoemmes Continuum, London 2006.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Legacy.com obituary, accessed March 5, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huby, Pamela Margaret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huby, Pamela M .; Huby, PM; Clark, Pamela (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian of philosophy and classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dulwich , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2019 |