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John Burnet (; 9 December 1863 – 26 May 1928) was a Scottish classicist. John Burnet may also refer to the University of St Andrews hall that was named in his honour, John Burnet Hall He was born in Edinburgh and died in St Andrews.〔(John Burnet - Oxford Index - Oxford University Press )〕 ==Life and work== Burnet was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, receiving his M.A. degree in 1887. In 1887 Burnet became an assistant to Lewis Campbell at the University of St. Andrews. From 1890 to 1915, he was a Fellow at Merton College, Oxford; he was a professor of Latin at Edinburgh; from 1892 to 1926, he was Professor of Greek at the University of St. Andrews. He became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1916. In 1909, Burnet was offered, but did not accept, the Chair of Greek at Harvard University. In 1894, he married Mary Farmer, the daughter of John Farmer, who wrote the Preface for a collection of essays published after his death, ''Essays and Addresses''. Burnet is best known for his work on Plato. His interest in philosophy and in Plato in particular seems to have begun during his service as assistant to Lewis Campbell at St. Andrews.〔Myles Burnyeat, "On the source of Burnet's construal of Apology 30b2–4: a correction", ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'', vol. 125 (2005), pp. 139-142.〕 Burnet was known for defending novel interpretations of Plato and Socrates, particularly the view that the depiction of Socrates in ''all'' of Plato's dialogues is historically accurate, and that the philosophical views peculiar to Plato himself are to be found only in the so-called late dialogues. Burnet also maintained that Socrates was closely connected to the early Greek philosophical tradition, now generally known as Pre-Socratic philosophy; Burnet believed that Socrates had been in his youth the disciple of Archelaus, a member of the Anaxagorean tradition (Burnet 1924, vi). Burnet's philological work on Plato is still widely read, and his editions have been considered authoritative for 100 years, as 5 voll. OCT critical edition of Plato works and spuria (1900–1907). His commentaries on Plato's ''Euthyphro'', ''Apology'', and ''Crito'' and on the ''Phaedo'' also remain widely used and respected by scholars. Myles Burnyeat, for example, calls Burnet's ''Plato: Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito'' "the still unsurpassed edition".〔p. 2 n. 5: Burnyeat. M. "The Impiety of Socrates", ''Ancient Philosophy'' 17 (1997): 1–12.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Burnet (classicist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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