Richard Robinson ( Watton, Norfolk, 12 April 1902 – 6 May 1996, Oxford) was an English secularist philosopher.

Biography

Robinson was educated at Repton School and Oxford University.The Independent - Obituary
14 June 1996. He taught at Cornell University from 1928 to 1946, then returned to Oxford University for over 20 years. He translated and edited books and articles on Plato and Aristotle. Most of his books were academic, but ''An Atheist's Values'' gave him a popular audience. Nicolas Walter, writing in '' The Independent'', described the book as "one of the best short accounts of liberalism (a term Robinson accepted) and humanism (a term he ignored) produced during the present century, all the more powerful for its lucidity and moderation, its wit and wisdom."

Works

* ''The Province of Logic'' (1931) * ''Definition'' (1950) * ''An Atheist's Values'' (1964, Oxford University Press) : --- paperback (1975, Blackwell) * ''Essays In Greek Philosophy'' (1969, Oxford University Press) * ''Plato's Earlier Dialectic'' (1985, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition) * ''Travellers in Time: Seven Epic Stories of Early Exploration'' (1986, Queen Anne Press)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Richard 20th-century English philosophers British atheists 1996 deaths 1902 births Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford People from Watton, Norfolk