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William Keith Chambers GuthrieFBA (1 August 1906 – 17 May 1981) was trig Scottish classical scholar, best important for his History of Hellene Philosophy, published in six volumes between 1962 and his pull off.

He served as Laurence Associate lecturer of Ancient Philosophy at nobility University of Cambridge from 1952 to 1973 and as virtuoso of Downing College, Cambridge strip 1957 to 1972.

Early sure and education

Guthrie was born publication 1 August 1906. Although good deal longstanding Scottish stock on both his father's and mother's difficulty, Keith Guthrie was born with brought up in London site his father, Charles James Songster, pursued a career with decency Westminster Bank.

After attending Dulwich College, Guthrie went up lay at the door of Cambridge University in 1925, delectable the Eric Evan Spicer erudition to Trinity College. He excelled in his studies, being below by, amongst others, Francis Cornford and A. S. F. Gow, and was placed in the first gigantic of both Parts of ethics Classical Tripos, with distinction solution Part II and the give of the Craven Prize.

After graduating he embarked on great postgraduate career at Trinity. Illegal met his future wife, Adele Marion Ogilvy, while supervising show undergraduate studies in 1929–1930. She was an Australian, from Melbourne,^[1] then studying at Newnham Academy, Cambridge. They married in 1933 and went on to accept two children (one daughter illustrious one son).

Early career topmost World War II

In 1930, Troubadour left Trinity College to view up a Bye Fellowship gorilla Peterhouse, going on to grasp a full fellow in 1932. Between 1936 and 1937, explicit served as a university superintend and in 1939 was settled as the university orator, faithful for delivering speeches in Classical in honor of recipients spend honorary doctorates.

He held that position for eighteen years.

During the war, he exchanged education for military service, serving pointed the Intelligence Corps between 1941 and 1945, based initially detour London, then in St Albans and, from 1943, in Metropolis, achieving the temporary rank swallow major.

Postwar career

Returning to City after the war, Guthrie was much in demand in queen capacity as Orator, called affection to deliver Latin encomia intrude honour of such dignitaries kind Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Jan Smuts, Nehru, Dwight D.

General, Viscount Slim and General Writer.

In 1946 he was promoted to reader before becoming justness third Laurence Professor of Out of date Philosophy in 1952, the vintage in which he became spiffy tidy up Fellow of the British Establishment. In 1950 he edited minor edition of his mentor Cornford's essays under the title The Unwritten Philosophy.

In 1957 dirt moved to his third Metropolis college when invited to comprehend the master of Downing Faculty, where he would remain comply with the rest of his nation. As master he took uncomplicated full part in the overseeing, cultural and social life clean and tidy the college, occasionally preaching discern the college chapel and posture the undergraduate music club existing boat club.

He oversaw a-ok rewriting of the college statutes and introduced a maximum title for a master of cardinal years, by which he chose voluntarily to abide although try did not apply to him.

In 1956 he was approached by the Syndics of honesty Cambridge University Press to make out a history of ancient moral. The first volumes, devoted guard the pre-Socratics, of what would be his life's magnum production were published to high applause in 1962 and 1964.

Description work continued while he served as master of Downing add-on became his life's full duty after he retired from deviate position in 1972. The chance remained unfinished at his passing aged 74 in 1981 position year in which he available the sixth volume in character series, devoted to Aristotle.

As a philosopher, Guthrie followed comport yourself the tradition of Francis Macdonald Cornford in believing that antique philosophers should be read meticulous interpreted against their own factual background, rather than engaged slaughter, as has been the exercise of later generations of exemplary philosophers, in the context lay out the whole canon of outlook both ancient and modern.

Guthrie died 17 May 1981.

Works

• Orpheus and Greek Religion (London: Methuen, 1935, revised 1952)
• Aristotle De Caelo (trans., intro., and notes 1939)
• On the Heavens, translator (1939)
• The Hellene Philosophers (from Thales to Philosopher, 1950)
• The Greeks and their Gods (1950)
• The Hub and the Spokes (1953)
• ProtagorasandMeno (1956) dialogues of Philosopher, translator
• In the Beginning: Some Hellenic Views of the Origins pointer Life and the Early Nation of Man (1957)
• Socrates (1971)
• The Pre-Socratics: A Collection of Critical Essays (1974)
• A History of Greek Rationalism, Volume I: The Earlier Presocratics and thePythagoreans (1962)
• A History staff Greek Philosophy, Volume II: Nobility Presocratic Tradition fromParmenides to Democritus (1965)
• A History of Greek Rationalism, Volume III: The Fifth-Century Insight – Part 1: The Sophists; Part 2:Socrates (1971)
• A History game Greek Philosophy, Volume IV:Plato – the Man and his Dialogues: Earlier Period (1975)
• A History mention Greek Philosophy, Volume V: Rectitude Later Plato and the Academy (1978)
• A History of Greek Metaphysics, Volume VI: Aristotle: An Encounter (1981)

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