Lambros Couloubaritsis

Lambros Couloubaritsis is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of the Université libre de Bruxelles, Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, Correspondent Member of the Academy of Athens, Correspondent Member of the Academy of Armenia and Member of the Scientific Committee of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies, A.U.Th. He teaches Philosophy at the Free University of Brussels, where he was also Director of the Center of Ancient Philosophy. He is internationally recognized as a specialist on Aristotle, whom he thoroughly studied the works. He has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Oradea, Crete, Thessaloniki, Athens, Liege and Lille III. He is the author of numerous articles and books on ancient philosophy among which is the History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy. He has been honored with the following Prizes: Prix Gegner de l’ Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de France (1994), Prix Duculot de l’Académie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Lettres (1991-1995) and Prix Montyon de Philosophie et de Littérature de l’ Académie Française (1999). Some of his more recent books are the following: Histoire de la philosophie ancienne et médiévale, (Paris, Grasset, 1998), La Physique d’Aristote (Bruxelles, Ousia, 1998, ISBN 2-87060-062-3), Aux origines de la philosophie européenne, De la pensée archaïque au néoplatonisme (Bruxelles, De Boeck, 1992; 3e ed. 2000; 4e edition 2004), La proximité et la question de la souffrance humaine (Bruxelles, Ousia, 2005), La philosophie face à la question de la complexité: le défi majeur du 21e siècle. Tome 1 Compléxités intuitive, archaïque et historique (Bruxelles, Ousia, 2014).