Helen S. Lang Explained

Helen S. Lang (February 19, 1947 – June 20, 2016) was an American philosophy professor and researcher, specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and science, medieval and Renaissance thought, and an expert on Aristotelian natural philosophy.^{[1] [2]}

For over twenty years she was with Trinity College, Hartford (1978–2003^[3]), where she was the Koeppel Professor of Classical Studies^[2] (named in 2001^[3]). Her last affiliation was with Villanova University, Pennsylvania, where she was Chair of the Philosophy Department (2002–2005) and a department member at the time of her death.^{[1] [2]}

As a scholar, Helen S. Lang was a fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at MIT and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.^[1]

Publications

Helen Lang wrote over three dozen articles and multiple book reviews.^[1]

Major works

• 1992: Aristotle's Physics and Its Medieval Varieties
• 1998: The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics^[4]
• 2001: (together with A.D. Macro and Jon McGinnis) an edition and translation of Proclus's De Aeternitate Mundi ("On the eternity of the world")^[5]
• 2015: (essay) "Plato on Divine Art and the Production of Body," (in B. Holmes and D.-K. Fischer, ed. The Frontiers of Ancient Science: Essays in Honor of Heinrich von Staden
• 2017: (essay) "Embodied or Ensouled? Aristotle on the Relation of Soul and Body," (in J. E. H. Smith, ed. Embodiment [Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2017]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Memorial Minutes, 2016 - The American Philosophical Association. apaonline.org. 2020-03-27.
2. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=helen-s-lang&pid=180430078 Helen S. Lang
3. https://issuu.com/tcdigitalrepository/docs/tr_f16 The Trinity Reporter, Fall 2016
4. Review of Helen S. Lang, The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and the Elements, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 39, Number 1, January 2001,
5. Web site: On the eternity of the world = De aeternitate mundi Proclus | Modern Language Translations of Byzantine Sources</br>Digitized Greek Manuscripts. library.princeton.edu. 2020-03-27.