Victorino Tejera | |
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 Victorino Tejera | |
| Born | Victorino Tejera-Márquez November 2, 1922 Venezuela |
| Died | August 25, 2018 (aged 95) New York City |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA, PhD) |
| Spouse | Gertraud P. Tejera |
| Academic advisors | J.H. Randall Jr., Justus Buchler |
Victorino Tejera (born Tejera Márquez; November 2, 1922 – August 25, 2018[1]) was a writer, scholar, and professor of philosophy with specializations in ancient Greek thought, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, and American philosophy (Naturalism, Semiotics). He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He is known especially for his writing on Plato's Dialogues.[2] Many scholars believe Tejera's work in this area is his most valuable contribution to philosophy (see Notes and Further reading). He was editor and contributor with Thelma Lavine on History and Anti-History in Philosophy (1989, 2012)[3] whose From Socrates to Sartre (1984)[4] was the basis for the PBS series of the same name.
His grandfather was the President of Venezuela, Victorino Marquez Bustillos, his great uncle was the Venezuelan writer and historian Felipe Tejera, and cousin to Enrique Tejera París.
- ^ "Newsday Legacy". Newsday Newspaper. August 25, 2018.
- ^ Tejera, Victorino (1999). Plato's Dialogues One By One: A Dialogical Interpretation. University Press of America.
- ^ Lavine and Tejera (2012). History and Anti-History in Philosophy. Routledge.
- ^ Lavine, Thelma (1984). From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest. New York: Bantam Books.