Franz Susemihl (December 10, 1826 – April 30, 1901) was a German

classical philologist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

born in

Laage Laage () is a town and a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the river Recknitz, 23 kilometres southeast of Rostock. Rostock Laage Airport Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and Uni ...

. He studied

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and

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, and from 1848 taught classes at the Domgymnasium in

Güstrow Güstrow (; la, Gustrovium) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is capital of the Rostock district; Rostock itself is a district-free city and regiopolis. It has a population of 28,999 (2020) and is the seventh largest town in Me ...

. In 1852 he received his habilitation at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

, where in 1863 he became a full professor of classical

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. In 1875-76 he was

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at the university. Susemihl is largely remembered through his writings on

Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

and

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

. Among his better written efforts are "''Die genetische Entwickelung der platonischen Philosophie''" (Genetic development of

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, 1855–60), and a treatise on the history of Alexandrian literature titled "''Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur in der Alexandrinerzeit''" (1892). Susemihl died on April 30, 1901 in

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, Italy.

Partial bibliography

* "''Die Lehre des Aristoteles vom Wesen des Staats und der verschiedenen Staatsformen. Ein Vortrag''". Greifswald (1867) – The teaching of Aristotle on the nature of the state and various civics. * "''Die genetische Entwickelung der Platonischen Philosophie einleitend dargestellt..''", B. G. Teubner, Leipzig (1855–1860; first part in 1855), second part's first half in 1857) – The genetic evolution of Platonic philosophy. * "''Die Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur in der Alexandrinerzeit''", two volumes; B. G. Teubner, Leipzig, (first volume 1891, second volume 1892) – The history of Greek literature in the Alexandrian Era.Bibliography of Franz Susemihl
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''. 1826 births 1901 deaths People from Rostock (district) People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin German classical philologists University of Greifswald faculty {{Germany-academic-bio-stub