Jaap Mansfeld

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Jaap Mansfeld (born 1936) [1] is a Dutch Emeritus Professor of philosopher and a historian of philosophy.

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Life

Jaap Mansfeld began his studies in 1954 at the University of Utrecht, where he received his doctorate in 1964 with a thesis on Parmenides. [2] From 1973 until his retirement in 2001 he was a professor of ancient philosophy, and subsequently professor of History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, at Utrecht University. [2] He has been a full member of the Academia Europaea since 1989. [3] , as well as a member of the board for several scholarly journals. [2] In 1991 he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. [4] A book was published in honour of his 60th birthday in 1996 by Keimpe Algra, Pieter Willem van der Horst, and David T. Runia. [5] In 1998, Mansfeld was awarded the Humboldt research award for his outstanding achievements in research and teaching. [2] Mansfeld was made an honorary citizen of the ancient city of Elea, the town of Parmenides, by the Eleatica conference in 2013. [6]

Mansfeld's focus is on doxography, and he has had a thirty year collaboration with David Theunis Runia on the fragments and testimonia of the doxographer Aëtios. [7]

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References

  1. Record of Mansfeld, Jaap. National Library of France. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Medewerkers - Universiteit Utrecht". www.uu.nl. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022.
  3. "Academy of Europe: Mansfeld Jaap". www.ae-info.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  4. "Mansfeld, Prof. dr. J. (Jaap) — KNAW". www.knaw.nl. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022.
  5. Algra, van der Horst & Runia 1996, p.  viii.
  6. "Eleatica 2013". philevents.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022.
  7. "Aëtiana V - Publicatie - Universiteit Utrecht". www.uu.nl (in Dutch). 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022.