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My research is at the intersection of ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of law. I work on ancient authors as well as more contemporary ones. I also occassionally write on movies.
My research is at the intersection of ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of law. I work on ancient authors as well as more contemporary ones. I also occassionally write on movies.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Books
Books
Forth. Epikur: Griechische Philosophie im Zeitalter der Stoa [Epicurus: Greek Philosophy at the Time of the Stoa]. Reclam. (co-authored with Andree Hahmann)
Forth. Epikur: Griechische Philosophie im Zeitalter der Stoa [Epicurus: Greek Philosophy at the Time of the Stoa]. Reclam. (co-authored with Andree Hahmann)
2024 Epicurean Justice: Nature, Agreement, and Virtue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2024 Epicurean Justice: Nature, Agreement, and Virtue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2018 Speeches for the Dead: Essays on Plato’s Menexenus. Berlin: De Gruyter. (co-edited with Harold Parker)
2018 Speeches for the Dead: Essays on Plato’s Menexenus. Berlin: De Gruyter. (co-edited with Harold Parker)
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Forth. "Justice and the Virtues." In The Philosophy of Epicurus: A Guide. Edited by Phillip Mitsis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Forth. "Justice and the Virtues." In The Philosophy of Epicurus: A Guide. Edited by Phillip Mitsis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2026 "Are Human Beings Social and Political Beings by Nature for Democritus and Protagoras? A Reply to Anderson." Polis 43, no. 3: 451-462.
2026 "Are Human Beings Social and Political Beings by Nature for Democritus and Protagoras? A Reply to Anderson." Polis 43, no. 3: 451-462.
2024 "Zeno of Sidon and the Status of Women in Epicureanism." Classical Quarterly 72, no. 2: 575-582.
2024 "Zeno of Sidon and the Status of Women in Epicureanism." Classical Quarterly 72, no. 2: 575-582.
2024 "Why Epicurean Happiness Is Not For Everyone." British Journal for the History of Philosophy 32, no. 6: 1203-1219.
2024 "Why Epicurean Happiness Is Not For Everyone." British Journal for the History of Philosophy 32, no. 6: 1203-1219.
2024 "Epicurean Feelings (pathē) as Criteria." Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 106, no. 4: 754-775.
2024 "Epicurean Feelings (pathē) as Criteria." Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 106, no. 4: 754-775.
2024 "Gegen wen ist Kuria Doxa 33 gerichtet? [Against Whom is Kuria Doxa 33 Directed?]" Mnemosyne 77, no. 3: 367-382.
2024 "Gegen wen ist Kuria Doxa 33 gerichtet? [Against Whom is Kuria Doxa 33 Directed?]" Mnemosyne 77, no. 3: 367-382.
2024 "Democritus on Human Nature and Sociability." Ancient Philosophy 44, no. 1: 1-15.
2024 "Democritus on Human Nature and Sociability." Ancient Philosophy 44, no. 1: 1-15.
2023 "Protagoras on How Political Communities Come to Be." Classical Philology 118, no. 3: 387-398.
2023 "Protagoras on How Political Communities Come to Be." Classical Philology 118, no. 3: 387-398.
2022 “Epicurus’ Non-Propositional Theory of Truth.” Mnemosyne 75, nο. 5: 739-758. (co-authored with Andree Hahmann)
2022 “Epicurus’ Non-Propositional Theory of Truth.” Mnemosyne 75, nο. 5: 739-758. (co-authored with Andree Hahmann)
2022 "Epicurus on Justice 'In Itself' (kath' heauto) (Kuria Doxa 33)" Apeiron 55, no.3: 443-453.
2022 "Epicurus on Justice 'In Itself' (kath' heauto) (Kuria Doxa 33)" Apeiron 55, no.3: 443-453.
2022 "A Functional Reading of the Epicurean Classification of Desires." Apeiron 55, no. 2: 193-217.
2022 "A Functional Reading of the Epicurean Classification of Desires." Apeiron 55, no. 2: 193-217.
2021. “epibolē tēs dianoias: Reflections on the Fourth Epicurean Criterion of Truth." Classical Quarterly 71, no. 4: 601-616.
2021. “epibolē tēs dianoias: Reflections on the Fourth Epicurean Criterion of Truth." Classical Quarterly 71, no. 4: 601-616.
2021 “Epicurus’ Divine Hedonism.” Mnemosyne 74, no. 3: 401-422. (co-authored with Andree Hahmann)
2021 “Epicurus’ Divine Hedonism.” Mnemosyne 74, no. 3: 401-422. (co-authored with Andree Hahmann)
2020 "The Presentation of the Epicurean Virtues.” Apeiron 53, no. 4: 419-435.
2020 "The Presentation of the Epicurean Virtues.” Apeiron 53, no. 4: 419-435.
2020 “Epicurus on What There Is.” In Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy. Edited by Kelly Arenson. 204-214. London and New York: Routledge.
2020 “Epicurus on What There Is.” In Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy. Edited by Kelly Arenson. 204-214. London and New York: Routledge.
2018 “Heraclitus’ Political Thought.” Apeiron 51, no. 4: 404-426.
2018 “Heraclitus’ Political Thought.” Apeiron 51, no. 4: 404-426.
2018 “Ethnic Identity and its Political Consequences in the Menexenus.” In Speeches for the Dead: Essays on Plato’s Menexenus. Edited by Harold Parker and Jan Maximilian Robitzsch. 153-171. Berlin: De Gruyter.
2018 “Ethnic Identity and its Political Consequences in the Menexenus.” In Speeches for the Dead: Essays on Plato’s Menexenus. Edited by Harold Parker and Jan Maximilian Robitzsch. 153-171. Berlin: De Gruyter.
2017 “On Aspasia in Plato’s Menexenus.” Phoenix 71, no. 3-4: 288-300.
2017 “On Aspasia in Plato’s Menexenus.” Phoenix 71, no. 3-4: 288-300.
2017 “The Epicureans on Human Nature and its Social and Political Consequences.” Polis 34, no. 1: 1-19.
2017 “The Epicureans on Human Nature and its Social and Political Consequences.” Polis 34, no. 1: 1-19.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
2025 Review of Scalas, Giulia. La théorie épicurienne du vivant: l’âme avec le corps. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2023. Philosophie Antique 25.
2025 Review of Scalas, Giulia. La théorie épicurienne du vivant: l’âme avec le corps. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2023. Philosophie Antique 25.
2023 Review of Allison, Justin Reid. Saving one another: Philodemus and Paul on the moral formation in community. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020. Journal of Hellenic Studies 142: 445-446.
2023 Review of Allison, Justin Reid. Saving one another: Philodemus and Paul on the moral formation in community. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020. Journal of Hellenic Studies 142: 445-446.
2021 Review of Erbì, Margherita. Epicuro. Lettere: frammenti e testimonianze. Pisa: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2020. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2021.12.31.
2021 Review of Erbì, Margherita. Epicuro. Lettere: frammenti e testimonianze. Pisa: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2020. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2021.12.31.
2021 Review of Erler, Michael. Epicurus: an introduction to his practical ethics and politics. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 2020. Journal of Hellenic Studies 141: 298-299.
2021 Review of Erler, Michael. Epicurus: an introduction to his practical ethics and politics. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 2020. Journal of Hellenic Studies 141: 298-299.
2020 Review of Bénatouïl, Thomas, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat and Michel Narcy (eds.). L’épicurisme antique. Paris: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2019. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020.08.06.
2020 Review of Bénatouïl, Thomas, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat and Michel Narcy (eds.). L’épicurisme antique. Paris: Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 2019. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020.08.06.
2018 Review of Knoll, Manuel. Antike Griechische Philosophie. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.7.28.
2018 Review of Knoll, Manuel. Antike Griechische Philosophie. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.7.28.
2018 Review of Fantino, Enrica, Ulrike Muss, Charlotte Schubert and Kurt Sier (eds.). Heraklit im Kontext. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.03.52.
2018 Review of Fantino, Enrica, Ulrike Muss, Charlotte Schubert and Kurt Sier (eds.). Heraklit im Kontext. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, 2017. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.03.52.
2018 Review of Annas, Julia and Gabor Betegh (eds.). Cicero's De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Polis 35, no. 1: 273-276.
2018 Review of Annas, Julia and Gabor Betegh (eds.). Cicero's De Finibus: Philosophical Approaches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Polis 35, no. 1: 273-276.
Other
Other
2021 “Epicurean Ethics.” Oxford Bibliographies.http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/. (co-authored with Clerk Shaw)
2021 “Epicurean Ethics.” Oxford Bibliographies.http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/. (co-authored with Clerk Shaw)
Social and Political Philosophy
Social and Political Philosophy
2020 “‘I wrote it in part because of you:’ Broch and Arendt on Human Rights.” History of Political Thought 41, no. 1: 175-190.
2020 “‘I wrote it in part because of you:’ Broch and Arendt on Human Rights.” History of Political Thought 41, no. 1: 175-190.
2019 “The Genesis of Hannah Arendt’s Conception of Human Rights.” The Southern Journal of Philosophy 57, no. 2: 240-258.
2019 “The Genesis of Hannah Arendt’s Conception of Human Rights.” The Southern Journal of Philosophy 57, no. 2: 240-258.
2017 “The Aporias of Grounding the Right to Have Rights in Hannah Arendt.” Arendt Studies 1: 151-169.
2017 “The Aporias of Grounding the Right to Have Rights in Hannah Arendt.” Arendt Studies 1: 151-169.
2011 “Walter Benjamins ‘bloßes Leben’ und Hannah Arendts ‘bloßes Menschsein:’ Ein Vergleich. [Walter Benjamin’s ‘Bare Life’ and Hannah Arendt’s ‘Being Only Human:’ A Comparison.]” Philosophisches Jahrbuch 118, no. 1: 104-128.
2011 “Walter Benjamins ‘bloßes Leben’ und Hannah Arendts ‘bloßes Menschsein:’ Ein Vergleich. [Walter Benjamin’s ‘Bare Life’ and Hannah Arendt’s ‘Being Only Human:’ A Comparison.]” Philosophisches Jahrbuch 118, no. 1: 104-128.
Philosophy and Film
Philosophy and Film
2020 “On Real and Simulated Relationships in Spike Jonze’s Her.” Film and Philosophy 24: 120-133.
2020 “On Real and Simulated Relationships in Spike Jonze’s Her.” Film and Philosophy 24: 120-133.
2018 “Fate, Character, and Cyclical Thinking: Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines." Film Criticism 42, no. 1.
2018 “Fate, Character, and Cyclical Thinking: Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines." Film Criticism 42, no. 1.
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