About Alex Long
Born 1970. Alex Long is a philosopher, university teacher and classical philologist.
Alex Long (born 1979) is a British philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is known for his works on ancient Greek philosophy. Long is a co-editor of the journal Phronesis.
Books Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2021, ISBN 9781108832281. Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2019, ISBN 9781107086593. Plato and the Stoics, Long, A. G. (ed.), Cambridge University Press 2013 Conversation and Self-Sufficiency in Plato, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780199695355. Plato: Meno and Phaedo. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. By David Sedley (Editor) and Alex Long (Translator). Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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