Dr Alex Long
Lecturer in Classics
Greek Programme Convener
Phone: 01334 461607
Room: S13
Research Interests
I work on Greek and Roman philosophy. My current projects include Platonic dialectic, political philosophy and the response to Plato in Hellenistic philosophy. I am preparing a monograph on self-sufficiency in Plato’s dialogues and a collection of articles on Plato and Stoicism. I have also translated Plato’s Meno and Phaedo for Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Publications
Plato:
Meno
and
Phaedo
Sedley, D. (ed.) &
Long, A. G. (ed.)
2010
Cambridge University Press
.
119 p.
(Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy).
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Reading Plato
Long, A. G.
2014
In:
Routledge Companion to Ancient Philosophy.
Sheffield, F. & Warren, J. (eds.).
Routledge
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
The Political Art in Plato's Republic
Long, A. G.
2013
In:
Politeia
in Greek and Roman Philosophy.
Harte, V. & Lane, M. (eds.).
Cambridge University Press
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Political analysis and the defence of justice in Republic 8
Long, A. G.
2013
In:
Selected Papers of the IX Symposium Platonicum.
Academia Verlag
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Heraclitus
Long, A. G.
2009
In:
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Gagarin, M. (ed.).
Oxford University Press
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Plato's Dialogues and a Common Rationale for Dialogue Form
Long, A. G.
2008
In:
The End of Dialogue in Antiquity.
Goldhill, S. (ed.).
Cambridge University Press
,
p. 45-59.
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
The Form of Plato's Republic
Long, A. G.
2007
In:
Debating the Athenian Cultural Revolution.
Osborne, R. (ed.).
Cambridge University Press
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Wisdom in Heraclitus
Long, A. G.
& Sedley, D. (ed.)
Nov-2007
In :
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
.
33
,
1
,
p. 1-17.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Lucan and Moral Luck
Long, A. G.
2007
In :
The Classical Quarterly
.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Character and Consensus in Plato's Protagoras
Long, A. G.
Jan-2005
In :
Cambridge Classical Journal
.
51
,
1
,
p. 1-20.
20 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Refutation and Relativism in Theaetetus 161-171
Long, A. G.
Jan-2004
In :
Phronesis
.
49
,
1
,
p. 24-40.
17 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
God and Cosmos in Stoicism (Ed. R.Salles)
Long, A. G.
May-2012
Classical Review, 62, 2
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Knowledge and Politics in Plato's Theaetetus (author: P.Stern)
Long, A. G.
2010
Journal of Hellenic Studies
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Platonic Stoicism - Stoic Platonism (authors: M.Bonazzi & C.Helmig)
Long, A. G.
2009
Classical Review, 59, 2
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic (ed. G.Ferrari)
Long, A. G.
2008
Polis, 25, 2
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
The Socratic Paradox and its Enemies (author: R.Weiss)
Long, A. G.
2008
Journal of Hellenic Studies, 128
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Plato's Lysis (authors: T.Penner & C.Rowe)
Long, A. G.
2007
Journal of Hellenic Studies, 127
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
Plato's Dialectic at Play (authors: K.Corrigan & E.Glazov-Corrigan)
Long, A. G.
2006
Classical Review, 56, 2
Research output
:
Contribution to specialist publication
›
Book/Film/Article review
For further information on publications, please view my profile on the university's research portal.
Teaching at St Andrews
- GK4116: Greeks on Education
- GK1005: classes on Herodotus and Plato’s Ion.
- CL4444: Hellenistic ethics
- CL4452: Knowledge and the world in Hellenistic philosophy
- CL1004: Plato’s Euthyphro, Apology and Phaedo
- LT1004: Lucretius Book 3
- LT4210: Lucretius Book 5
- ID1004: Approaches to Reality (ancient mathematics and Plato’s simile of the Cave)
Academic Career
I studied Classics at King’s College, Cambridge and then for my PhD wrote a thesis on Plato’s uses of dialogue form under the supervision of Malcolm Schofield and David Sedley. I then worked as a Junior Research Fellow at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, before moving to St Andrews in July 2007.
