James Warren
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Professor of Ancient Philosophy @CamClassics and Fellow @CorpusCambridge.
Cambridge
Joined July 2009
I'll be on the wireless next week. Radio 4 is repeating an episode of @BBCInOurTime next Thursday on Zeno of Elea and his paradoxes: https://t.co/IHw1Fxtpvd
bbc.co.uk
Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno
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If you have access to BBC4 or BBC iPlayer, they are broadcasting again Brian Magee's series The Great Philosophers, starting with 3 episodes tonight. First up: Myles Burnyeat in a snazzy corduroy jacket, on Plato. https://t.co/PzS79MF1ZX via @bbciplayer
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Myles Burnyeat looks at Plato, the first western philosopher whose written works have survived.
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30 years ago I started my MPhil in Classics in Cambridge. It became the most intellectually transformative year I had as a student, thanks to the amazing group of students (13 or so) all working on ancient philosophy, many of whom are still in the business. Hello to you all!
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Coming soon in @CUP_Elements in Ancient Philosophy: G. Mouroutsou, 'Aristippus of Cyrene, Pleasure and the Present' https://t.co/rwuio1ilN9
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Cambridge Core - Economic History - Aristippus of Cyrene, Pleasure and the Present
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Considering the PhD, MPhil or Advanced Diploma in Classics at Cambridge? Come to our virtual Postgrad Open Day on the 22nd Nov to discover more about the courses we offer, Cambridge life, research ideas and the funding opportunities available 👇 https://t.co/PIgD2zLKAp
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Jonathan Lear, Imagining the End: Mourning and Ethical Life (Harvard UP, 2022), 74-5:
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The day dawns bright for Frodo’s 50th birthday. The only furniture remaining at Bag End are the pieces that Frodo is selling tomorrow, with the hole itself, to the Sackville-Bagginses.
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New publication in the series @CUP_Elements in Ancient Philosophy: Carl Séan O'Brien on 'Plato's Unwritten Doctrines' (download for free for the next few days) https://t.co/a8q031PBDX
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Cambridge Core - Ancient Philosophy - Plato's Unwritten Doctrines
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Some thoughts on some recent publications in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy: https://t.co/sA1QkSNu24
brill.com
"Back matter" published on 03 Oct 2025 by Brill.
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New paper. Preprint from CCJ. Open Access. https://t.co/SZZGnkwKy4
cambridge.org
Sidgwick and the Grotes on Plato’s Republic: A Dialogue
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I hope you'll indulge a proud Dad posting this video of Rhiannon Warren talking about the Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic course at Cambridge and her postgraduate research. https://t.co/M2M5LZGFD0
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Does anyone have a list/set of Endnote filters for the principal Classics and Philosophy journals? Thx.
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The annual stats for Classics in UK are now available, including some school data. This is important information for supporting, monitoring, and developing our discipline, in relation to others too. Huge thanks to our stats officer and to all contributors.
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"Research and Innovation has acknowledged that the company carrying out the PCE consultation delivered a report on 1 November 2024. But UKRI claims that publishing the report outside its (unspecified) schedule would not be in the public interest." https://t.co/9aU6P20MTN
timeshighereducation.com
The three-month pause to re-examine the assessment of ‘people, culture and environment’ could prelude a welcome reversal, says Alice Sullivan
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