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In Memoriam: Gerasimos Xenophon Santas (1931-2021)

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.)

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One response to “In Memoriam: Gerasimos Xenophon Santas (1931-2021)”

  1. Gerry Santas and I were colleagues for many years.
    He was a good colleague, and a fine human being.
    As well as being a distinguished classical scholar,
    he had wide ranging interests, for instance connecting
    Plato and Freud. Students found him an exciting and sympathetic teacher.

    Brian Skyrms

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