Protagoras of Abdera
The Man, His Measure
Edited by Johannes M. van Ophuijsen Utrecht University, Marlein van Raalte Leiden University and Peter Stork Leiden University
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Biographical note
Johannes M. van Ophuijsen teaches Philosophy and History of Philosophy at Utrecht University (Department of Philosophy and University College). His interests are in ontology and the philosophy of logic. He has published on the traditions of Platonism, Aristotelianism and Stoicism; most recently, together with Keimpe Algra, a translation of Philoponus, On Aristotle, Physics 4.1–5 (London, 2012).
Dr Marlein van Raalte is lecturer in the Classics Deparment of Leiden University. She has published on Greek metre, Plato and Theophrastus (including a commentary on his Metaphysics).
Dr Peter Stork formerly was associate professor in the Classics Department of Leiden University. He has published on Ancient Greek Linguistics and published source editions of several scholarchs of the Peripatetic School.
Contributors: Noburu Notomi, Tazuko A. van Berkel, Michele Corradi, Adriaan Rademaker, Paul Demont, Adam Beresford, Bernd Manuwald, Paul Woodruff, Arnaud Macé, Job van Eck, Ugo Zilioli.
Dr Marlein van Raalte is lecturer in the Classics Deparment of Leiden University. She has published on Greek metre, Plato and Theophrastus (including a commentary on his Metaphysics).
Dr Peter Stork formerly was associate professor in the Classics Department of Leiden University. He has published on Ancient Greek Linguistics and published source editions of several scholarchs of the Peripatetic School.
Contributors: Noburu Notomi, Tazuko A. van Berkel, Michele Corradi, Adriaan Rademaker, Paul Demont, Adam Beresford, Bernd Manuwald, Paul Woodruff, Arnaud Macé, Job van Eck, Ugo Zilioli.
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