Robert W. Sharples

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Robert William Sharples (first name: Bob ; born May 28, 1949 in Beckenham , Kent, † August 11, 2010 in Northwood, London) was a British classical philologist .

Sharples attended Dulwich College and Trinity College at Cambridge University , where he studied Classical Philology. 1972–73 he was a Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam College , Cambridge. In 1978 he earned his doctorate ( Ph. D. ) with his thesis Studies in the De Fato of Alexander of Aphrodisias and taught at University College London , where he was Professor of Classical Philology until his retirement in 2009.

Sharples' research interests were ancient philosophy, especially that of the natural philosophers, ancient science and the Peripatos . Since 1980 he has been involved in Project Theophrastus , which collects and edits Greek, Latin and Arabic texts, translations and commentaries on the Peripatetic Theophrastus of Eresos . Since his dissertation he has also dealt with Alexander von Aphrodisias , whose work De anima libri mantissa he re-edited in 2006; in 2004 he published an English translation of the work. Together with Sophia Kapetanaki, he edited the first three books of Aristotle's Problemata Inedita . In 2008, together with Philip van der Eijk , he edited a revision and commentary on the English translation of the main work of the late antique Christian philosopher Nemesios von Emesa , De natura hominis ( On the nature of man ). Sharples served on the editorial board of Peripatoi and Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities .

Sharples' courses covered ancient philosophy and the philosophical literature of Plato , Cicero and Lucretius as well as Greek and Latin stylistics.

Publications (selection)

  • Alexander of Aphrodisias On Fate. (transl. & com.) London: Duckworth, 1983.
  • Plato: Meno. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, (transl. & Com.) 1985.
  • Alexander of Aphrodisias: Ethical Problems. (transl.) London: Duckworth, 1990.
  • Cicero On Fate and Boethius Consolation of Philosophy IV.5-7 and V. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, ( transl . & Com.) 1991.
  • Alexander of Aphrodisias Quaestiones 1.1-2.15. (transl.) London: Duckworth, 1992.
  • Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, edited and translated by WW Fortenbaugh, PM Huby, RW Sharples (Greek and Latin) and D. Gutas (Arabic) together with AD Barker, JJ Keaney, DC Mirhady, D. Sedley and MG Sollenberger (editors). Leiden: Brill. 1992.
  • Alexander of Aphrodisias Quaestiones 2.15-3.16. (transl.) London: Duckworth. 1994.
  • Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, Commentary volume 5, Sources on Biology. Leiden: Brill. 1995.
  • Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics. London: Routledge. 1996.
  • Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, Commentary volume 3.1, Sources on Physics. Leiden: Brill. 1998.
  • Alexander of Aphrodisias: Supplement to On the Soul. (transl.) London: Duckworth, 2004.
  • with Sophia Kapetanaki: Pseudo-Aristotle (Pseudo-Alexander), Supplementa Problematorum. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2006. (Peripatoi, 20).
  • Alexander Aphrodisiensis: De anima libri mantissa: A New Edition of The Greek Text With Introduction and Commentary . Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008
  • with Philip van der Eijk , Nemesius of Emesa: De natura hominis (revised and annotated version of JO Urmson's translation), in the Translated Texts for Historians series. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Sharples, Robert W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharples, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Beckenham
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2010
Place of death Northwood, London