Gerard Naddaf
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Gerard Naddaf (b. North Sydney, Nova Scotia, 6 December 1950) is a Canadian philosopher and historian of ideas. Naddaf is a professor emeritus of philosophy at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and specializes in ancient Greek philosophy and, in particular, Plato and early Greek philosophy.[1] Naddaf is best known for his work on the Greek concept of physis.[2][3][4]
Education
[edit]Naddaf graduated from the École Pratiques des Hautes Etudes in religious studies in Paris in 1980 and completed a doctorate of philosophy (Summa cum laude) at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1986. Both degrees were completed under the supervision of Pierre Hadot and Luc Brisson.[5][6]
In 1987, Naddaf was awarded a two-year SSHRC post-doctoral fellowship, which was taken up in Classics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Afterwards, in 1988, Naddaf took up a position in the Department of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he remained until his retirement in 2020.
Works
[edit]Authored and co-authored books
[edit]- Naddaf, Gerard (2024). Making Sense of Myth: Conversations with Luc Brisson. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Naddaf, Gerard (2005). The Greek Concept of Nature. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- Naddaf, Gerard; Couprie, Dirk L.; Hahn, Robert (2003). Anaximander in Context: New Studies in the Origins of Greek Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- Naddaf, Gerard (translator, editor, and co-author); Brisson, Luc (author) (1998). Plato the Myth Maker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Naddaf, Gerard (1992). L'origen et l'évolution du concept Grec de phusis. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies: Gerard T A Naddaf". York University. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
- ↑ Lafrance, Yvon (June 1994). "Review of Naddaf, Gérard: L'Origine et l'évolution du concept grec de Phusis". Laval théologique et philosophique. 50 (2): 439–442. doi:10.7202/400850ar.
- ↑ Wright, Rosemary (1993). "Presocratics and sophists". Phronesis. 38 (1): 106–10. doi:10.1163/156852893321052505. JSTOR 4182432 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Cherubin, Rose (Spring–Summer 2008). "Reviewed Work: The Greek Concept of Nature". Phoenix. 62 (1/2): 209–212. JSTOR 25651712 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ "Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies: Gerard T A Naddaf". York University. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ↑ Naddaf, Gerard (2024). Making Sense of Myth: Conversations with Luc Brisson. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 1–3. ISBN 9780228020714.
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