Professor Dr. Lorraine Pangle

Biography

Lorraine Pangle specializes in history, political philosophy, and moral philosophy with particular interests in classical thought. She has studied and taught the works of Homer, Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, and Nietzsche. Pangle is the author of five books and numerous articles and has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Earhart Foundation. Her current research projects focus on the relationship between Plato's political thought and epistemology as presented in Theaetetus, the interaction between Plato and Homer emphasizing moral psychology in the context of the Iliad and Republic, as well as the place of contemplation in Nietzsche’s political philosophy. She is also examining developments in evolutionary psychology that may shed new light on ancient claims regarding human nature and Aristotle's notion that human beings are political animals, along with its implications for modern liberalism. Pangle's notable publications include "Reason and Character: Moral Foundations of Aristotelian Political Philosophy" and "Virtue and Knowledge: Moral Foundations of Socratic Political Philosophy," both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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