Raphael Woolf

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Raphael Woolf
Education King's College London (PhD)
Cambridge University (BA)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Ancient philosophy
Institutions King's College London
Main interests
Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy

Raphael Woolf is a British philosopher and Professor in the Department of Philosophy at King's College London. [1] [2] He is known for his expertise on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Professorships Announced". King's College London. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. "Raphael Woolf". The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. Griffin, Miriam (2018). "Raphael Woolf, Cicero. The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic. 2015". Klio . 100 (1): 360–362. doi:10.1515/klio-2018-0026. ISSN   0075-6334. S2CID   194875940.
  4. Lorenz, Hendrik (1 October 2013). "Review of Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN   1538-1617 . Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. Reviews of Cicero: The Philosophy of a Roman Sceptic:
  6. Reviews of Rereading Ancient Philosophy: Old Chestnuts and Sacred Cows:
  7. Reviews of Aristotle: Eudemian Ethics: