Dirk Christian Baltzly (born 1963) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania. He is known for his research on ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy.[1][2][3] Baltzly is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities (2008).[4]
Dirk Baltzly | |
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| Born | 1963 |
| Education | Ohio State University (PhD), Monash University (PhD) |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Ancient philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Tasmania |
| Thesis | Plato's Argument From Relatives: The Role of the Distinction Between Kath Hauto and Pros Ti in the Theory of Forms (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan Silverman |
Main interests | virtue ethics |
| Website | http://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/humanities/dirk-baltzly |
Books
- Baltzly D, Share M, Hermias: On Plato Phaedrus 227A-245E, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, ISBN 9781350051904
- Baltzly DC, Finamore J, Miles G, Proclus: Commentary on Plato's 'Republic, Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781316650899
- Tarrant H, Layne DA, Baltzly D, Renaud F (eds.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity, Koninklijke Brill NV, 2018 ISBN 9789004270695
- Baltzly D, Proclus on Time and the Stars, Cambridge University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780521846585
- Baltzly D, Proclus: commentary on Plato's Timaeus, part II - Proclus on the world soul, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780521845960
- Baltzly Dirk, Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus, part III - Proclus on the World's Body, Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780521845953
- Tarrant H, Baltzly Dirk (eds.), Reading Plato in Antiquity, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006, ISBN 9780715634554
- Baltzly Dirk, Blyth D, Tarrant H (eds.), Power and Pleasure, Virtue and Vice: Essays in Ancient Moral Philosophy, University of Auckland, 2001