Plato(c. 427-347 b.c.) founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype
of all Western universities, and wrote more than twenty
philosophical dialogues.
W.H.D. Rouse (1863-1950)was one of the great modern experts on
Ancient Greece, and headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge,
England, for 26 years. Under his leadership the school became
widely known for the successful teaching of Greek and Latin as
spoken languages. He derived his knowledge of the Greeks not only
from his wide studies of classical literature, but also by
travelling extensively in Greece.
Matthew S. Santirocco is Professor of Classics and Dean of the
College of Arts and Science at New York University. He has written
on Greek and Roman literature and edits the journal Classical
World.Rebecca Goldstein Newbergeris the author of such novels as
The Mind-Body Problem, The Late-Summer Passion of a Woman of Mind,
and 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, as well as acclaimed
nonfiction including Betraying Spinoza- The Renegade Jew Who Gave
Us Modernity and Plato at the Googleplex- Why Philosophy Won't Go
Away. Among her many honors and awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship,
a MacArthur Fellowship, and grants from the National Science
Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. She was
named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association and
elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.She is
currently Visiting Professor of Philosophy, New College of the
Humanities, London.
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