Prof Alex Long

Director of Research

Professor

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 1607
Email: agl10@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office: S14
Location: Swallowgate

Research areas

I work on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. I have written two monographs, one about conversation and thought – especially thought as internal dialogue – in Plato, the other about death and immortality in Greek and Roman philosophy. I co-edit the journal Phronesis and the Cambridge University Press series Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy I have also translated two Platonic dialogues (with David Sedley) and edited a collection of papers on Plato and Stoicism.

Current Research

Nature in political philosophy and ethics
Belief and judgement, doxa and dogma (especially in Plato and the Stoic writer Epictetus)
Law and legislation in ancient philosophy

PhD supervision

Adina Bezerita
Hector Larrinaga Marquez
Stefano Parrinello
Salvatore Pettrone

Selected publications

Plato: Meno and Phaedo
Sedley, D. (Editor) & Long, A. G. (Editor), 2010, Cambridge University Press. 119 p. (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Death and immortality in ancient philosophy
Long, A. G., Jun 2019, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 232 p. (Key themes in ancient philosophy)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Parmenides: new perspectives
Long, A. (Editor) & Sattler, B. M. (Editor), 22 Jul 2025, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 198 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

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