Brill's Companion to Crantor of Soli - (Brill's Companions to Philosophy) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is the first entirely devoted to Crantor of Soli, an outstanding figure of the Old Academy. It aims at providing the most complete picture of Crantor's philosophy and life by gathering the contributions of various renowned scholars.

Book Synopsis

This book represents the first monograph (miscellany) entirely devoted to Crantor of Soli (app. 335-275 BCE), an outstanding figure of the Old Academy. He was in particular famous for his On Grief, an exemplary work of consolation literature, and for his being the first commentator of Plato's Timaeus. Unlike his darling Arcesilaus of Pitane, who initiated the Sceptical turn, Crantor seems to have stuck firm to the Academic teachings of Polemon and Plato. The contributions collected in this book aim to convey a complete picture of Crantor by discussing various aspects of his philosophy and biography.

About the Author

Christian Vassallo (Ph.D., Naples) has been Fulbright Distinguished Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (IN, USA) and is currently Full Professor of Papyrology at the University of Turin, where he is Principal Investigator of the ERC-Consolidator Grant 101086695-APATHES (a.k.a. 'The New von Arnim Project').

Pia De Simone (Ph.D., Salerno), has been Principal Investigator of the DFG-Projekt Krantor von Soloi: Der letzte der Altakademiker at Trier University and Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, Magdalene College. Currently, she is Research Fellow in Ancient Philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan. Her research interests focus on Plato and the Platonic Tradition, particularly the Old Academy and Middle Platonism.

Kilian Fleischer (Ph.D. and habilitation in Classics, Würzburg), conducted research at Oxford, Naples, Pisa, and Notre Dame (IN, USA). He has published four monographs (2016, 2020, 2022, 2023) with a focus on Hellenistic philosophy, ancient Christianity, didactic poetry, Herculaneum papyri, and imaging techniques.