Thomas Ricklin

Thomas Ricklin (born May 6, 1963 in Zurich ; † September 23, 2016 ) was a Swiss philosopher .

Life

From 1984 Ricklin studied philosophy as well as Protestant and Catholic theology in Zurich and Friborg . He then worked as a research assistant with Ruedi Imbach at the chair for the history of medieval philosophy. After teaching positions at the École pratique des hautes études , the Università La Sapienza , the University of Lucerne and the University of Friborg, he became a visiting researcher at the Warburg Institute in London . In 2005 Ricklin was appointed professor for the history of ideas and philosophy of the Renaissance at the Ludwig Maximilians University . In 2010 he was appointed Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies .

The focus of his work was on philosophical anthropology in the 12th century, the Latin reception of Aristotle's natural philosophy , Dante Alighieri's "Opere minori" and the Italian Renaissance of the 15th century.

Publications (in selection)

• The Physica and the Liber de Causis in the 12th century. Two studies, with a preface by Ruedi Imbach, Freiburg: Universitätsverlag 1995 (= Dokimion 17).
• The dream of philosophy in the 12th century. Dream theories between Constantinus Africanus and Aristotle, Leiden: Brill 1998.
• Dante Alighieri, The letter to Cangrande della Scala , Latin-German, translated, introduced and commented by Thomas Ricklin, with a preface by Ruedi Imbach (Dante Alighieri, Philosophische Werke, I), Hamburg: Meiner 1993 (= Philosophische Bibliothek 463), LXXXVIII + 1-253.
• Dante Alighieri, Das Gastmahl, first book , Italian-German, translated by Thomas Ricklin, introduced and commented on by Francis Cheneval (Dante Alighieri, Philosophische Werke 4 / I), Hamburg: Meiner 1996 (= Philosophical Library 466a), cv + 278.
• Dante Alighieri, Das Gastmahl, Second Book , Italian-German, translated and commented by Thomas Ricklin (Dante Alighieri, Philosophische Werke 4 / II), Hamburg: Meiner 1996 (= Philosophical Library 466b), 341.
• Dante Alighieri, Das Gastmahl, Third Book , Italian-German, translated by Thomas Ricklin, commented by Francis Cheneval (Dante Alighieri, Philosophische Werke 4 / III), Hamburg: Meiner 1998 (= Philosophische Bibliothek 466c), 463.
• Dante Alighieri , Das Gastmahl, Fourth Book , Italian-German, translated by Thomas Ricklin, introduced and commented by Ruedi Imbach in collaboration with Roland Béhar and Thomas Ricklin (Dante Alighieri, Philosophische Werke 4 / IV), Hamburg: Meiner 2004 (= Philosophische Library 466d), xcv + 320.
• Dante Alighieri, Philosophical Works in One Volume, translated by Thomas Ricklin, Dominik Perler and Francis Cheneval, edited and with a new introduction by Ruedi Imbach, Hamburg, Meiner (Philosophische Bibliothek 679), 2015.

literature

• Ruedi Imbach: Thomas Ricklin (6.5.1963–23.9.2016). In: Deutsches Dante-Jahrbuch, Volume 92, Issue 1, Pages 1–3, ISSN (Online) 2194-4059, ISSN (Print) 0070-444X.

Web links

Literature by and about Thomas Ricklin in the catalog of the German National Library