Chen Chung-hwan (1905-1992, 陳忠寰, autonym 陳康, Pinyin:Chen Kang), was a scholar of

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and

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philosophy. In 1924, Chen attended National Southeastern University (later renamed

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and reinstated in

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) and graduated from the Department of Philosophy in 1929. He then studied at the

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in 1930, and later at

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under professors

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and Julius Stenzel. He received his doctorate in 1940.Chen Chung-hwan: Memorial Minutes
Retrieved 15 Jan 2011. After teaching at the National Southwestern Union University (Kunming, Yunan Province), National Central University (in Chungking beginning in 1941, and Nanjing), and the National Taiwan University in Taipei until 1958, Chen emigrated to the United States, where he taught at Emory University, Long Island University, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of South Florida before retiring in the early 1980s. He died in Oxnard, California.

Works

* ''Das Chorismos-Problem bei Aristoteles'', Berlin: A. Limbach, 1940. * ''Sophia, The Science Aristotle Sought'', Hildesheim; Georg Olms, 1975. * "On the Parmenides of Plato", ''The Classical Quarterly'', 38, 1944, pp. 101-114. * "On Aristotle's Metaphysics K 7, 1064 a29", ''Phronesis'', 6, 1961, pp. 53-58. * "Universal Concrete, a Typical Aristotelian Duplication of Reality", ''Phronesis'', 9, 1964, pp. 48-57.

References

Scholars of ancient Greek philosophy 1905 births 1992 deaths Alumni of the University of London Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Nanjing University alumni National Central University alumni Academic staff of Peking University Academic staff of the National Central University Academic staff of the National Taiwan University Academic staff of the National Southwestern Associated University 20th-century Taiwanese historians Chinese expatriates in the United Kingdom Chinese expatriates in Germany {{china-academic-bio-stub