Victor Goldschmidt (1914 – 25 September 1981) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. Born in

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, he came to France in 1933. Before the war he studied at the Sorbonne and at the École pratique des hautes études under Henri Marguerite. Goldschmidt "made his name with the publication of his thesis, ''Les Dialogues de Platon'', in 1947", for which

Martial Gueroult Martial Gueroult (; 15 December 1891 – 13 August 1976) was a French philosopher. His primary areas of research were in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy as well as the history of philosophy. Biography Gueroult was born on 15 December 1891 ...

was among the members of his examining committee.Jacques Brunschwig, 'Goldschmidt and Gueroult: Some Facts, Some Enigmas', ''Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie'', vol. 8, issue 1 (2006), pp.82-106. He taught at the

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from 1956 to 1966, then at

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from 1966 to 1976 and finally in

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until his death. The manuscript of Goldschmidt's book on

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 ...

's views of time was delivered to the editor on the eve of his death. A volume was published in his memory as ''Histoire et Structure'' (1985). Though Goldschmidt is often considered a disciple of Martial Gueroult, Jacques Brunschwig has reconsidered their relationship, noting that the second edition of Godschmidt's thesis acknowledged a general debt to the "rigor" of Émile Bréhier rather than Gueroult.

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* ''Essai sur le Cratyle'' (Essay on

Cratylus Cratylus ( ; grc, Κρατύλος, ''Kratylos'') was an ancient Athenian philosopher from the mid-late 5th century BCE, known mostly through his portrayal in Plato's dialogue '' Cratylus''. He was a radical proponent of Heraclitean philosophy ...

), 1940. * ''Les Dialogues de Platon'' (The Dialogues of Plato), 1944. 2nd ed., 1963. * ''Le paradigme dans la dialectique platonicienne'' (Exemplification in Platonic dialectic), 1947 * ''Le Système stoïcien et l'idée de temps'' (The Stoic system and the idea of

time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...

), Paris, Vrin, 1953. * 'A propos de ''Descartes selon l'ordre des raisons'' ', ''

Revue de métaphysique et de morale The ''Revue de métaphysique et de morale'' is a French philosophy journal co-founded in 1893 by Léon Brunschvicg, Xavier Léon and Élie Halévy. The journal initially appeared six times a year, but since 1920 has been published quarterly. It ...

'', 1957. *''Platonisme et pensée contemporaine'' (Platonism and contemporary thought), 1970. *''Questions platoniciennes'' (Platonic questions), 1970. *''Anthropologie et politique, les principes du système de Rousseau'' (Anthropology and politics: the principles of Rousseau's system), 1974. *''La doctrine d'Epicure et le droit'' (The doctrine of

Epicurus Epicurus (; grc-gre, Ἐπίκουρος ; 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy. He was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents. Influenced ...

and right), 1978. * 'Remarques sur la méthode structurale en histoire de la philosophie ' (Notes on the structural method in the history of philosophy), in ''Métaphysique, Histoire de la philosophie. Recueil d'études offert à Fernand Brunner à l'occasion de son 60ème anniversaire'', Neuchâtel, 1981, p. 213-240. * 'Préface' and 'La théorie épicurienne du droit', in

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et al., ''Science and Speculation: studies in Hellenistic theory and practice'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. * ''Temps physique et temps tragique chez Aristote: Commentaire sur le Quatrième livre de la Physique (10-14) et sur la Poétique'' (Physical time and tragic time in

: Commentary on the fourth book of the

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(10-14) and on the

Poetics Poetics is the theory of structure, form, and discourse within literature, and, in particular, within poetry. History The term ''poetics'' derives from the Ancient Greek ποιητικός ''poietikos'' "pertaining to poetry"; also "creative" an ...

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