Seth Benardete

Seth Benardete
Born(1930-04-04)April 4, 1930
DiedNovember 14, 2001(2001-11-14) (aged 71)
AwardsNEH Fellowship
Education
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
ThesisAchilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero (1955)
Doctoral advisorLeo Strauss
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
InstitutionsThe New School
Doctoral studentsRonna Burger
Main interestsAncient philosophy

Seth Benardete (April 4, 1930 – November 14, 2001) was an American classicist and philosopher, long a member of the faculties of New York University and The New School. In addition to teaching positions at Harvard, Brandeis, St. John's College, Annapolis and NYU, Benardete taught Greek and Latin at the CUNY Latin/Greek Institute, and was a fellow for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung in Munich.