Nominator's project description
| Professor Carlos Steel is well known for his outstanding research in medieval philosophy and an international authority in ancient philosophy and its reception in its two main branches: the Platonic and the Aristotelian tradition. In his groundbreaking studies and editions he combines philological competence with strong philosophical analysis, the intuition for the significant ideas within the history of philosophy with a subtle understanding of its systematic importance. His familiarity with both, the ancient and the medieval tradition of philosophy in their many cultural contexts makes him an exceptional figure among historians of philosophy.
During his stay in Germany Professor Steel intends to prepare a study on the relation between luck and morality in ancient and medieval philosophy in the tradition of the Aristotelian treatise De Bona Fortuna, a topic of prevailing importance. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2000 | Carlos Steel: Siger of Brabant versus Thomas Aquinas on the Possibility of Knowing the Separate Substances. In: Jan A. Aertsen, Kent Emery Jr., Andreas Speer, Nach der Verurteilung von 1277. 2000. 211-231 |
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