Prof Alex Long
Professor
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 1607
- agl10@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- S13
- Location
- Swallowgate
Research areas
I work on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. I have written two monographs, one about conversation and thought – especially thought as internal dialogue – in Plato, the other about death and immortality in Greek and Roman philosophy. I co-edit the journal Phronesis and the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy I have also translated two Platonic dialogues (with David Sedley) and edited a collection of papers on Plato and Stoicism.
Current Research
- Nature in political philosophy and ethics
- Belief and judgement, doxa and dogma (especially in Plato and the Stoic writer Epictetus)
- Law and legislation in ancient philosophy
PhD supervision
- Stefano Parrinello
Selected publications
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Plato: Meno and Phaedo
Sedley, D. (Editor) & Long, A. G. (Editor), 2010, Cambridge University Press. 119 p. (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Death and immortality in ancient philosophy
Long, A. G., Jun 2019, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 232 p. (Key themes in ancient philosophy)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Plato, Chrysippus and Posidonius' theory of affective movements
Long, A. G., Feb 2017, From Stoicism to Platonism: the development of philosophy, 100 BCE-100 CE. Engberg-Pedersen, T. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 27-46 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter