Background
Vegetti, Mario was born on January 4, 1937 in Milan. Son of Vittorio and Giuffrida (Quercioli) Vegetti.
Vegetti, Mario was born on January 4, 1937 in Milan. Son of Vittorio and Giuffrida (Quercioli) Vegetti.
Mario Vegetti was born in Milan in 1937. He graduated with a thesis on Thucydides" historiography at the University of Pavia, as a student at Collegio Ghislieri
He has been Full Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Pavia and has directed the Department of Philosophy of the same University. He is now professor at Scuola Superiore Studi Pavia IUSS.
He is a member of the International Collegium Politicum, of the Accademia napoletana di scienze morali, and of the Istituto Lombardo-Accademia di Scienze e Lettere.
He translated and wrote a commentary of many of Hippocrates", Aristoteles", and Galen"s writings. Among Vegetti"s most important works we can remember Il coltello e lo stilo (Il Saggiatore, Milano, 1996²), Tra Edipo e Euclide (Il Saggiatore, Milano, 1983), L"etica degli antichi (Laterza, Roma, 1996²), Guida alla lettura della "Repubblica" di Platone (Laterza, Roma, 1999), Quindici lezioni su Platone (Einaudi, Torino 2003). At the moment, he is editing a translation and commentary of Plato"s Republic.
The first six volumes have already been published (Bibliopolis, Napoli 1998-2005).
Vegetti"s research work covers several fields of History of Ancient Thought such as: Ethics, Politics, Anthropology, History of Medicine and Science, and Philosophical Historiography.
He is a member of the International Collegium Politicum, of the Accademia napoletana di scienze morali, and of the Istituto Lombardo-Accademia di Scienze e Lettere.
Married Silvia Finzi, October 15, 1960. Children: Valentina, Matteo.