CHRISTOS A. TEZAS

Associate Professor

Department of Philosophy, Education

and Psychology

School of Philosophy

University of Ioannina - Greece

 

            Dr Christos A. Tezas is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology at the University of Ioannina, Greece. He  was born in Oresceia (Nigrita, Serres) in 1941 and he was educated at the  University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1960-1965), at the University of Kiel, Germany (1977), and at the University of Leeds, England (1983-1984). He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, England (1991) and at the University of Jena, Germany (1994).

            He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Ioannina in 1986. He has taught in the University of Ioannina since 1973, and mainly since 1986: Assistant in the School of Philosophy 1973, Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology 1987, Assistant Professor 1991, and Associate Professor 1998.

            His research field is Ancient Greek Philosophy and Modern Greek Philosophy. From 1991 to 1998 he has served as editor of Dodone, Part Three (Scientific Yearbook of the Department of Philos., Educ., and Psychol.)

            Scholarships: IKY (1960-1965), DAAD (1977).

            He is member of Greek Philosophical Society; International Association for Greek Philosophy; Society for Aristotelian Studies "The Lyceum"; Historical Society of Serron and Melenikou (Athens), etc.

            Publications: Thales of Miletus. Ancient Greek Tradition and Contemporary Interpretation, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, 1986, Pp. 326; Thales of Miletus and the Beginning of the Sciences. The Way to Philosophy, 1990, Pp. 232; "Arete and kakia as Political Concepts in the Cynic Tradition about Anacharsis", 1986; "The Principle from Nothing Nothing comes to Be in the Presocratic Thought up to Patmenides", 1987; "The Problem of "Base and Superstructure" in the Thought of G. Skleros", 1991; "Virtue and Happiness in Epictetus", 1996; Spyros Kyriazopoulos and the Question of the Origin of Philosophy", 1996; "Yanis Kordatos as a Historian of Ancient Greek Philosophy", 1996; "The Pedagogue Christos Fragos and the Ancient Greek Philosophy", 1999; etc.

            Languages: English, German (and French).

            Leisure interests: photography, climbing.

            Address:  University of Ioannina

            (Office)   Dept. of Philosophy

                           University Campus

                           451 10 Ioannina, Greece

                           Tel. 0651/98610, Fax.: 0651/42918

            (Home)  33 Andr. Palaeologou Street

                           452 21 Ioannina, Greece

                           Tel. 0651/20246

            Email: Chtezas@cc.uoi.gr