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Zhang Wentao, graduated from the Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University in 2008 with a Ph.D in Philosophy, serves at Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science of Chongqing University, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Dean of the Department of Philosophy, Vice Chairman of the Classical Branch of Chinese Comparative Literature Association, Vice Chairman of the Chongqing Philosophical Society, and senior visiting scholar of the Greek Onassis Foundation (2010), Full Member of the International Platonic Society.

Research Fields :

Classical Political Philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy and Literature, Plato, Nietzsche, etc

Research Projects:

2019, National Social Science Fund: "A Study on the Intellectual Origins of Plato's Political Philosophy ".

2010, National Social Science Fund: " A Study on the Concept of Justice in Ancient Greek Literature ".

2015, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities: “Translation and Research of Classical Western Political Philosophy Classics”.

Published Works:

1. The Poetry of Philosophy: A Commentary on the Tenth Book of Plato's Republic, East China Normal University Press, 2012.

2. Philosophy and Politics: Six Essays on Nietzsche, East China Normal University Press, 2007.

3. Plato as Dramatic Poet (edited), East China Normal University Press, 2007.

4. Plato as Myth Poet (edited), Huaxia Publishing House, 2010.

5. Starting Again from Classics: A Collection of Classical Essays(co-edited), East China Normal University Press, 2015.

6. Kierkegaard and Socrates (co-translated), Huaxia Publishing House, 2014.

7. “Hesiod and the Establishment of Orthodox Theology in Ancient Greece”, in Journal of Hainan University, Issue 1, 2022.

8. “The Aesthetic Theology in Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy”, in Zhejiang Academic Journal, Issue 3, 2019.

9. “Socrates vs. Thrasymachus”, in Jiangxi Social Sciences, Issue 2, 2017.

10. “Classical Education and three Concepts of Freedom”, in Jianghan Forum, Issue 6, 2015.

Current courses:

1. Plato's Republic,

2. Seminars on Western Classical Philosophy,

3. Seminars on Western Medieval Philosophy.