b. 1942
Jonathan Barnes (born 1942) is a British philosopher and classicist specializing in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, logic, and epistemology. He is best known for his landmark translations and commentaries on Aristotle's logical and scientific works, and for his influential studies of Presocratic thought and Hellenistic philosophy. He taught at Oxford for many years before holding a chair at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.
Produced authoritative translations and commentaries on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics and Prior Analytics
Authored The Presocratic Philosophers (1979), a standard reference in the field
Edited The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (1995)
Wrote Truth, etc. (2007), a systematic study of ancient logic and propositional theory
Contributed major scholarship on Hellenistic philosophy through The Hellenistic Philosophers (with Schofield and Burnyeat)