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Francis Macdonald Cornford FBA (27 February 1874 – 3 January 1943) was an English classical scholar and translator known for work on ancient philosophy, notably Plato, Parmenides, Thucydides, and ancient Greek religion. Frances Cornford, his wife, was a noted poet.
Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874–1943) was Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
Jun 27, 2024 · In this book, F.M. Cornford explains why the life and work of Socrates stand out as marking a turning-point in the history of thought. He shows how Socrates revolutionized the concept of philosophy, converting it from the study of Nature to the study of the human soul, the meaning of right and wrong, and the ends for which we ought to live.
- Francis Macdonald Cornford
- 1932
Nov 28, 1991 · In this exploration of the “very first utterance of philosophers,” F. M. Cornford showed that the remarkable burst of abstract speculation among pre-Socratic thinkers of the sixth century B.C. emerged directly from the religious thought of the preceding era in Greece.
Contents. F. M. Cornford. British classicist. Learn about this topic in these articles: views on Nietzsche’s theory of tragedy. In Friedrich Nietzsche: Basel years (1869–79) …rear,” as the British classicist F.M. Cornford wrote in 1912. It remains a classic in the history of aesthetics to this day. Read More.
Francis Macdonald Cornford was one of that brave trio of Ritualists, and From Religion to Philosophy (1912) was part of their reconstructive project.
Dec 11, 2020 · Principium sapientiae : the origins of Greek philosophical thought. by. Cornford, Francis Macdonald, 1874-1943. Publication date. 1965. Topics. Philosophy, Ancient. Publisher. New York : Harper & Row.
