Giovanni Casertano

Giovanni Casertano was full professor of History of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Naples “Federico II”. He was a Visiting Professor at various universities in Europe and South America. He received honorary citizenship of the ancient city of Elea for his studies on Parmenides, and a Doctorate in Philosophy honoris causa from the University of Brasília, with which he collaborates as a Permanent fellow of the Archai UNESCO Chair (Filosofia Antiga); he is Enseignant-chercheur, Professeur des Universités, Membre statutaire rattaché à l’«Unité de Recherche Institut d’histoire de la philosophie» (E.A. 3276) de l’Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille 1). His field of research is mainly the Presocratics and Plato, and he has more than three hundred publications to his name, including volumes, articles and essays. Among his volumes: Parmenide il metodo la scienza l’esperienza, Naples 1989 (1978); Il nome della cosa. Linguaggio e realtà negli ultimi dialoghi di Platone, Naples 1996; Morte, Naples 2003; Sofista, Naples 2004; La nascita della filosofia vista dai Greci, Pistoia 2007; Paradigmi della verità in Platone, Rome 2007; I Presocratici, Rome 2009; O prazer, a morte e o amor nas doutrinas dos Pré-socráticos, São Paulo 2012; Da Parmenide di Elea al Parmenide di Platone, Sankt Augustin 2015; Giustizia, filosofia e felicità. Un’introduzione alla Repubblica di Platone, Rome 2015; Platone, Fedone, o dell’anima. Dramma etico in tre atti (translation, commentary and notes by G.C.), Naples 2015; I proverbi di Platone, Naples 2019; Venticinque studi sui preplatonici, Pistoia 2019.