Aryeh Kosman (1935 – June 17, 2021) was a scholar of ancient Greek philosophy and a professor of philosophy at Haverford College. Born in Oakland, California, Louis Aryeh Kosman was always known professionally by his middle name.[1][2] He earned undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD from Harvard University. He came to Haverford as an assistant professor in 1962, was promoted to full professor in 1973, and was appointed John Whitehead Professor of Philosophy at Haverford in 1984. He retired in 2010.[1] He was the author of two books on Plato and Aristotle published by the Harvard University Press.[3]
Publications
edit- Kosman, Louis Aryeh (2013). The Activity of Being: An Essay on Aristotle's Ontology. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-07502-3. OCLC 828868932.[4][5]
- Kosman, Louis Aryeh (2014). Virtues of Thought: Essays on Plato and Aristotle. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-41643-7. OCLC 871257935.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Aryeh Kosman 1935-2021". Haverford College. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
- ^ Brubaker, Harold (June 24, 2021). "Aryeh Kosman, longtime professor of ancient Greek philosophy at Haverford College, dies at 85". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Kosman". Harvard University Press. Harvard College. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Minerd, Matthew (June 7, 2016). "The Activity of Being: An Essay on Aristotle's Ontology". The Review of Metaphysics. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ Politis, Vasilis; Su, Jun (July 2015). "Aristotle on Being as Activity". Metascience. 24 (2): 213–218. doi:10.1007/s11016-014-9929-0. ISSN 0815-0796. S2CID 170113940.
- ^ Biondi, Paolo C. (March 2015). "Review of Virtues of Thought". The Review of Metaphysics. 68 (3): 666. ISSN 0034-6632. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ de Landázuri, Carlos Ortiz (December 2014). "Review of Virtues of Thought". Anuario Filosófico (in Spanish). 47 (3): 706–709.
External links
edit- Aryeh Kosman publications indexed by Google Scholar
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