Biography:Chris Bobonich

Short description: American philosopher

Christopher Bobonich
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
School	Ancient Greek philosophy
Doctoral advisor	Alan Code
Main interests	Plato

Christopher Bobonich (born February 8, 1960) is an American philosopher and a leading scholar of Ancient Greek philosophy, especially known for his work on Plato's Laws. He is currently Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Classics (by courtesy) at Stanford University.

Education and career

Bobonich was born on February 8, 1960, in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He completed his BA in Government at Harvard University in 1981. He then went on to complete his MPhil (1983) in Philosophy at Cambridge University and his PhD in Philosophy at UC Berkeley (1990) under Alan Code, now his colleague at Stanford. He taught first at the University of Chicago, and, since 1996, at Stanford University.

See also

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

Bibliography

• Plato's Laws: A Critical Guide (ed), (Cambridge Critical Guides), Cambridge University Press , 2010
• Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: From Socrates to Plotinus (ed), (with P. Destrée), Brill Publishers, 2007
• Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics, Oxford University Press, 2002

References

• Page at Stanford.edu