Professor Santas, a scholar of ancient Greek philosophy who was emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, passed away on June 20. Born and raised on the island of Lefkada, he had a long and distinguished academic career that included teaching at UC Berkeley, Brandeis, Wellesley, Johns Hopkins, Claremont Graduate, Stanford, and finally UC Irvine. He had far-reaching and multi-disciplinary intellectual interests, including in psychology, genetics and evolution. He is especially well-known for his many influential publications on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
(Thanks to Philip Mitsis [NYU] for the information.)
