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Mario Vegetti (4 January 1937 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian historian of philosophy.


Education

Mario Vegetti was born in Milan in 1937. He graduated with a thesis on Thucydides' historiography at the University of Pavia, as a student at
Collegio Ghislieri The Ghislieri College (Italian: ''Collegio Ghislieri''), founded in 1567 by Pope Pius V, is the second-oldest college in Pavia and co-founder of the IUSS in Pavia as well. History Collegio Ghislieri is a 450-year-old Italian institution co ...
. He was full professor of the history of ancient philosophy at the University of Pavia and directed the Department of Philosophy of the same university. He was professor at
Scuola Superiore Studi Pavia IUSS The Scuola Superiore IUSS or the "Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori" of Pavia (Eng. ''IUSS - School for Advanced Studies'') is a higher learning institute located in Pavia, Italy. The Scuola Superiore IUSS was founded in 1997 by the Un ...
. He was a member of the International Collegium Politicum, of the Accademia napoletana di scienze morali, and of the Istituto Lombardo-Accademia di Scienze e Lettere.


Research interests

He translated and wrote a commentary of many of Hippocrates', Aristoteles', and Galen's writings. Among Vegetti's are '' Il coltello e lo stilo'' (1996), ''Tra Edipo e Euclide'' (1983), ''L'etica degli antichi'' (1996), ''Guida alla lettura della 'Repubblica' di Platone'' (1999), ''Quindici lezioni su Platone'' (2003). Vegetti's research work covered several fields of history of ancient thought such as: ethics, politics, anthropology, history of medicine and science, and philosophical historiography. Some of his papers are devoted to topics concerning the forms of subjectivity, anthropological theories, and the formation of the concept of cause, other studies deal with Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism,
Hellenistic Medicine Ancient Greek medicine was a compilation of theories and practices that were constantly expanding through new ideologies and trials. Many components were considered in ancient Greek medicine, intertwining the spiritual with the physical. Specif ...
, and Galen.


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L'etica e la filosofia anticaLa retorica e la persuasioneLa medicina greca. Aristotele. I pitagorici. Socrate.L'etica in Platone e Aristotele
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vegetti, Mario 1937 births 2018 deaths Italian philosophers People from Milan