Donald Zeyl is Professor of Philosophy
and currently Department Chair. Having received his Ph.D. in Classical Philosophy from
Harvard, he joined the department in 1971. Professor Zeyl’s research interests are in Ancient
Philosophy, especially Socrates and Plato. He also teaches courses in the Philosophy of Religion and
Religious Studies. He
has published translations of Plato’s Gorgias and Timaeus, as well
as numerous articles, and has edited a major encyclopedia in
the field. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, and the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Major publications include:
Plato:
Gorgias, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 1987.
The
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy, Westport: Greenwood
Press, 1997.
Plato:
Timaeus, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 2000.
Article on “Plato’s Timaeus,”
in the Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2005.
Professor Zeyl regularly teaches PHL
321: Ancient Philosophy, PHL 328: Philosophy of Religion, PHL 103: Introduction to Philosophy, and
RLS 125: Biblical Thought.
Click HERE to go to Prof. Zeyl's Fall 2009 course page
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