Richard Robinson (philosopher)

Richard Robinson (born April 12, 1902 in Watton , Norfolk , United Kingdom , † May 6, 1996 in Oxford ) was an English philosopher .

Richard Robinson studied philosophy at the Universities of Oxford and Marburg and then taught for almost 20 years at Cornell University in Ithaca , New York ( USA ) and finally for over 20 years at Oriel College , Oxford. In 1933 he married Elizabeth Pestereff.

The main research areas were logic and ancient Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle . Robinson also translated Werner Jaeger's epoch-making Aristotle book. In his work An Atheist ’s Values , Robinson shows, starting from a list of personal and political goods, that ethical and political reflection can also be carried out from an atheist perspective.

Fonts (selection)

• The province of logic. An interpretation of certain parts of Cook Wilson 's Statement and inference. G. Routledge, London 1931.
• Werner Jaeger: Aristotle. Fundamentals of the history of his development. Transl. by Richard Robinson. The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1934, 2nd edition 1948, ND 1962.
• Definition . Oxford UP, Oxford 1950.
• Plato's Earlier Dialectic . The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1962.
• Aristotle, Politics, Book III and IV. Transl. with introduction and comments by Richard Robinson. Oxford UP, Oxford 1962 (Clarendon Aristotle Series), With a Supplementary Essay by David Keyt . Reprinted with new material, 1995, online
• Of atheist's values . The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1964, another online edition
• Essays In Greek Philosophy . The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1969.

Web links

• Nicolas Walter: Obituary: Richard Robinson . In: The Independent , June 14, 1996.