George Boys-stones
Professor
Department of Classics and Ancient History
Durham University
United Kingdom
Biography
George Boys-Stones is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Durham. He has published on a wide range of topics in the field, but has a special interest in the philosophy movements of the post-Hellenistic period, with books currently in press on Middle Platonism and the Stoic Cornutus. Prof. Boys-Stones is Managing Editor of the Ancient-Philosophy journal Phronesis, General Editor for the Routledge monograph-series Issues in Ancient Philosophy, Joint Editor of the Brill series Ancient Philosophy & Religion, and a member of the Advisory Board for Brill's Ancient Philosophical Commentary on the Pauline Writings. Further information (including a complete publication list) is available on his home page and at academia.com.
Research Interest
Most areas and periods of ancient philosophy, especially the Hellenistic schools, and post-Hellenistic Platonist and Christian philosophy.
Publications
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Boys-Stones, G. (2004). Phaedo of Elis and Plato on the Soul. Phronesis, 49(1), 1-23.
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Boys-Stones, G. R. (2011). Time, creation, and the mind of God: The afterlife of a platonist theory in origen.
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Boys-Stones, G. (2012). Harpocration of Argos: Etymology and Metaphysics in the Platonist Revival. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 132, 1-6.
