William Keith Chambers Guthrie

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William Keith Chambers Guthrie (born August 1, 1906 in London , † May 17, 1981 in Cambridge ) was a Scottish classical scholar .

Guthrie was at Dulwich College and at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge trained, where he graduated 1928th He became Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge. From 1957 to 1972 he was there Masters of Downing College . Since 1952 he was a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .

His most famous work is his History of Greek Philosophy in six volumes.

Works (selection)

  • Orpheus and Greek Religion (1935)
  • The Greeks and their Gods (1951)
  • Protagoras and Meno (1956) dialogues of Plato, translator
  • The Greek Philosophers from Thales to Aristotle (1960)
  • In the Beginning (1965)
  • On the Heavens (1969) translator
  • The Pre-Socratics: A Collection of Critical Essays (1974)
  • A History of Greek Philosophy (6 volumes)
    • Vol. 1 The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans (1962)
    • Vol. 2 The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus (1965)
    • Vol. 3 The Fifth-Century Enlightenment - Part 1: The Sophists; Part 2: Socrates (1971)
    • Vol. 4 Plato - the Man and his Dialogues: Earlier Period (1975)
    • Vol. 5 The Later Plato and the Academy (1978)
    • Vol. 6 Aristotle: An Encounter (1981)

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SURNAME Guthrie, William Keith Chambers
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guthrie, WKC
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1981
Place of death Cambridge