Silvia Fazzo

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Silvia Fazzo (* before 1985) is an Italian historian of philosophy and classical philologist .

Career

After obtaining the Laurea in Classical Philology from the University of Pavia (1985) and a Doctorate di Ricerca in Philosophy from the University of Turin (1997), Fazzo obtained a Doctorate in Ricerca in Classical Philology (Italy, University of Trento , 2004 to 2009) and in Philosophy (in Lille , 2004 to 2009; she had previously obtained a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies from the École Pratique des Hautes Études ). In 2014 she obtained her habilitation in the history of philosophy as well as in classical and late antique philology. From 1987 she also taught at the liceo classico "Cesare Beccaria" in Milan.

Research priorities

Fazzo is essentially working on a text-critical new edition of the Metaphysics of Aristotle including Arabic and Syrian tradition and on the text On the Principles of the Universe by Alexander of Aphrodisias, which is only preserved in a Syrian and Arabic translation.

Fonts (selection)

  • Commento al libro Lambda della Metafisica di Aristotele Napoli, Bibliopolis, 2014 (Elenchos. A collection of texts and studies on Ancient philosophy, 61-2).
  • Il libro Lambda della Metafisica di Aristotle. Napoli, Bibliopolis, 2012 (Elenchos. A collection of texts and studies on ancient philosophy 61-1), ISBN 978-88-7088-618-4 . - Review by Pantelis Golitsis , Bryn Mawr Classical Review 06/32/2013 , response to the review by Pantelis Golitsis, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 08/17/2013 ; see also: dies., Editing Aristotle's Metaphysics: why should Harlfinger's stemma be verified? , in: Journal of Ancient Philosophy 8.2, 2014 ( online) .
  • Aporia e sistema. La materia, la forma, il divino nelle Quaestiones di Alessandro di Afrodisia. Edizioni ETS, Pisa 2002 (Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell'Università di Pavia, 97), ISBN 88-467-0439-8 .
  • with Mauro Zonta (ed.): Alessandro di Afrodisia, La provvidenza. Questioni sulla provvidenza. Rizzoli, 1999 (Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli). 

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personal data
SURNAME Fazzo, Silvia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian historian of philosophy and classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH before 1985