Andrea Wilson Nightingale (born 1959) is an

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scholar working in the field of

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. She is a Professor of Classics at

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. She works on

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and

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, focusing on the intersection of

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and literature. She has also taught and written on

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issues from a literary and philosophical point of view.

Life

Nightingale was educated at

(BA in Classics), Magdelen College,

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(2nd BA in Classics), and at the

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(PhD in Classics). She has been awarded the

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, the

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, a fellowship from the

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, and a fellowship at the

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. She has also received the Gordon and Dailey Pattee Faculty Fellowship (1999-2000) and the Deans Teaching Award at Stanford (1996-1997). Nightingale was appointed as a

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Professor at Stanford in September 2004. She served as a Stanford Fellow from 2004 to 2006. She served as a

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Senior Fellow of the

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from 2009 to 2013.

Works

* ''Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, * ''Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in its Cultural Context'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, * ''Ancient Models of Mind: Studies in Human and Divine Rationality'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 (co-editor), * ''Once out of Nature: Augustine on Time and the Body'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011,

Radio shows

*“Epicurus and Epicureanism,” one-hour show on “ Entitled Opinions (on Life and Literature)” with Robert Harrison (

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90.1 FM), Nov. 8, 2005."Epicurus and Epicureanism," "Plato and Love and Beauty," "Moby Dick,"
archived on the website for the Department of French and Italian, Stanford University *“Plato and Love and Beauty,” one-hour show on “Entitled Opinions (on Life and Literature)” with Robert Harrison (KZSU 90.1 FM), Nov. 26, 2009. *“Moby Dick,” one-hour show on “Entitled Opinions (on Life and Literature)” with Robert Harrison (KZSU 90.1 FM), Jan. 11, 2011.

References

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