Christian Wildberg

Christian Wildberg
Christian Wildberg
Born	1957
Education	University of Marburg, Cambridge University (PhD)
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Institutions	University of Pittsburgh, Princeton University
Main interests	Greek philosophy

Christian Wildberg (born 1957) is a German classical scholar and Andrew W. Mellon Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He is emeritus professor of classics at Princeton University. He is known for his works on Greek philosophy.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Books

Philoponus: Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World. London: Duckworth 1987, 188pp.
John Philoponus’ Criticism of Aristotle's Theory of Aether. Peripatoi 16, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter 1988, 274pp.
Simplicius against Philoponus on the Eternity of the World. London: Duckworth 1991, pp. 95–135. (Co-authored with David Furley).
Hyperesie und Epiphanie. Ein Versuch über die Bedeutung der Götter in den Dramen des Euripides. Zetemata 109, Beck Verlag, München 2002, 231pp.

Edited

Euripides and Tragic Theatre in the Late Fifth Century. Co-edited with Martin Cropp, Kevin Lee, David Sansone, Eric Csapo and Donald Mastronarde. Illinois Classical Studies 24/25, Champaign, Il., 2000.
Religion, Mysticism, and Ethics: A Cross-traditional Anthology. Co-edited with Daniel Zelinski. Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 9. Saur Verlag Munich, 2007.
New Perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo. A collection of interpretative articles on Aristotle's cosmological treatise. Co-edited with Alan Bowen. Philosophia Antiqua 117, Brill, Leiden 2009, 321pp.
Dionysos und die vordionysischen Kulte. A posthumous edition of Vyacheslav Ivanov's manuscript on Dionysiac Religion. Co-editor with Michael Wachtel. Mohr Siebeck 2012, 416pp.
A Handbook of Neoplatonism. Oxford University Press (in preparation).

References

^ Siorvanes, Lucas (April 1991). "Philoponus on Aristotle - Christian Wildberg: John Philoponus' Criticisms of Aristotle's Theory of Aether. (Philoponus, Philologisch-Historische Studien zum Aristotelismus, 16.) Pp. xii + 274. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 1988. DM 154". The Classical Review. 41 (1): 108–109. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00277494. ISSN 1464-3561.
^ Todd, Robert B. (1990). "Philoponus and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science ed. by R. Sorabji, and: Philoponus: Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World by C. Wildberg transi, and: John Philoponus' Criticism of Aristotle's Theory of Aether by C. Wildberg (review)". Echos du Monde Classique: Classical News and Views. 34 (1): 70–74. ISSN 1913-5416.
^ Feldman, Seymour (November 1990). "(C.) Wildberg John Philoponus' criticism of Aristotle's theory of aether. (Peripatoi, 16.) Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 1988. Pp. xiii+ 274. DM 154". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 110: 243–244. doi:10.2307/631783. ISSN 2041-4099. JSTOR 631783.