Philosopher

Charles H. Kahn

Overview

Charles H. Kahn (May 29, 1928 – March 5, 2023) was a classicist and professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. His work focused on early Greek philosophy, up to the times of Plato. His 1960 monograph on Anaximander was still as of 2020 the most important reference work on the subject, and his 1979 edition of the Heraclitus fragments likewise remained the most widely cited English translation of Heraclitus, more or less representing the standard interpretation of that work.

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Philosophers who discussed Charles H. Kahn

• Pythagoras
• Socrates
• Aeschines of Sphettus
• William O. Stephens
• Henryk Hiż

Ideas Charles H. Kahn discusses

• Anaximander
• Philosophy
• Heraclitus
• Ontology
• Plato
• Medieval philosophy
• Pythagoreanism
• University of Pennsylvania
• Fellow
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Oxford University Press
• Werner Jaeger
• Existence
• Predication (philosophy)

Place in the tradition

Part of Consciousness.

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