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American philosopher
Charles Brittain
Born1966
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsCornell University
Main interestsancient Greek philosophy

Charles Francis Brittain (born 1966) is an American philosopher currently the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Humane Letters at Cornell University. He specializes in ancient philosophy, specifically Hellenistic philosophy. His work lies within the Platonic tradition and draws on texts from Cicero, Augustine, and Simplicius.

Books

  • Philo of Larissa. The last of the Academic sceptics. Oxford, 2001
  • Cicero: On Academic Scepticism. Hackett. 2006
  • Simplicius On Epictetus Handbook 1-26 (ed.). London & Ithaca, 2002
  • Simplicius On Epictetus Handbook 27-53. London & Ithaca, 2002, trans. with Tad Brennan, for the series The Greek commentators on Aristotle
  • Plato: The Divided Self, edited with T. Brennan & R. Barney, Cambridge, 2012

References

  1. "Charles Francis Brittain". cornell.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  2. "Brittain, Charles". worldcat.org. Retrieved April 30, 2017.


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