Christopher Rowe (classicist)
Christopher James Rowe OBE (born 17 March 1944) is a British classical scholar. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classics and Ancient History of Durham University, England .He is a former President of the Classical Association, and was appointed OBE in 2009 for "services to scholarship".[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Rowe was born in Cambridgeshire, England on 17 March 1944, the son of Daniel Francis and Edith Mary (Ashford). From Trinity College, Cambridge he obtained a BA, then an MA and, in 1969, his PhD.[2] His doctoral thesis, written under the direction of John Easterling, was published as The Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics: a study in the development of Aristotle’s thought. (1971).[3]
Rowe began his career at the University of Bristol, England in 1968 as an assistant lecturer, 1968, rising to become professor of ancient philosophy and Greek (1989–1991) then Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek (1991–1995).[4] He joined the University of Durham in 1996 as Professor of Greek and served as Head of Department 2004–2008.[1] He retired as emeritus in 2009.[3]
Thought on Plato
[edit]Rowe translated into English and gave an innovative interpretation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Plato's dialogues Theaetetus and Sophist.[5]
Rowe's work includes consideration of the political ideals of Plato's Republic in relation to the details of political practice described in the Statesman and the Laws.[6] In the volume Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing, Rowe argued that "Plato remains throughout essentially a Socratic".[7][6]
He delivered the Stephen MacKenna lecture at Dublin University in 2009.[8] In years prior he had also been invited to talk about mythology in primary schools.[9]
Selected publications
[edit]- Written with George Boys-Stones The Circle of Socrates: Readings in the First-Generation Socratics (edited and translated) Hackett Publishing, 2013, ISBN 9781603849364
- Plato, Republic (new translation, with introduction and notes) Penguin, 2012, ISBN 9780141442433
- The Last Days of Socrates (translated with introduction and notes) Penguin, 2010, ISBN 9780140455496
- Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780521859325
- Written with Terry Penner Plato's Lysis Cambridge University Press, 2005 ISBN 9780521791304
A complete listing of works (as of 2014) can be found via Rowe's faculty pages.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prof. Christopher Rowe, OBE, MA, PhD (Cantab.)". Department of Classics and Ancient History: Staff. Durham University. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ Who's Who in the World. 1997. Internet Archive. Marquis Who's Who Inc. 1997. p. 1246. ISBN 978-0-8379-1117-5 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "Christopher Rowe - Aristoteles Pezographos". aristotlepezographos.org. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Rowe, C(hristopher) J(ames)". Writers Directory 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Rowe, Christopher (26 May 2016). "Getting to know Plato". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ a b Maffi, Emanuele (2013). "Christopher Rowe, Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing". Bulletin Platonicien. Commentaires Aux Dialogues de Platon (in Italian) (10). Revues.org. doi:10.4000/etudesplatoniciennes.224. ISSN 2275-1785. OCLC 7685568088. Retrieved 7 January 2021. (critical recension)
- ^ Rowe, Christopher (2007). Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing. Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9781139467797.
- ^ Rowe, Christopher (2009). "Reading Socrates in Plato's Dialogues (Stephen MacKenna Lecture, Dublin, January 2009)". Hermathena (186): 25–41. ISSN 0018-0750. JSTOR 23041698.
- ^ Tyler, Christian (31 January 1998). "The logic of learning Latin". The Financial Times. p. iv – via Internet Archive.
Christopher Rowe, professor of Greek at Durham University, is invited to talk to primary schools about mythology. 'I find it exhilarating. ! don't mind at what level l teach people, so long as I have people to teach.'
- ^ "Prof. CJ Rowe, OBE - all publications". Durham University. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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