Nationality United Kingdom Name David Sedley | Fields Ancient philosophy Doctoral advisor A. A. Long | |
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Born 30 May 1947 (age 76) ( 1947-05-30 ) Institutions Christ's College, Cambridge Alma mater Trinity College, Oxford
University College London Education University College London, Trinity College, Oxford Books Creationism and Its Critics in, The midwife of Platonism, Lucretius and the transform, Plato's Cratylus, Plato's Cratylus Cambridg | ||
David sedley plato s theory of forms 12 12 2014
David Neil Sedley FBA (born 30 May 1947) is a British philosopher and historian of philosophy. He was the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University.
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- David sedley plato s theory of forms 12 12 2014
- The philosophy of ancient atheism with david sedley
- Early life
- Academic career
- Honours
- Publications
- References
The philosophy of ancient atheism with david sedley
Early life
Sedley was educated at Trinity College, Oxford where he was awarded a first class honours degree in Literae Humaniores in 1969. He was awarded a PhD in 1974 by University College London for a text, translation and commentary on Book XXVIII of Epicurus' On Nature.
Academic career
Since 1976 Sedley has been a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge; from 1996 he was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University before in July 2000 being elevated to the Laurence Professorship of Ancient Philosophy. He retired from this position at the end of September 2014. He was succeeded in this post by his former student, Gábor Betegh.
He has held visiting appointments at Princeton University (September 1981 - March 1982), University of California, Berkeley (1984 and 2004), Yale University (1990), and Cornell University (2001).
Honours
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in July 1994.