Michael Frede (German: [ˈfʁeːdə]; 31 May 1940 – 11 August 2007) was a prominent scholar of ancient philosophy, described by The Telegraph as "one of the most important and …

When Michael Johannes Frede died (11 August 2007), by drowning in the Corinthian Gulf at a beach near Itea below Delphi, Greece, the world of ancient philosophy lost the most …

Oct 24, 2011 · Frede attributes the spread of the ideas of will and free will largely to Christianity and especially to Origen. He argues here that freedom and free will cannot be found in either …

"This volume presents stimulating and provocative work on how the history of philosophy is done and how it should be done, by Michael Frede, a pre-eminent figure in ancient philosophy until …

Michael Frede argued that the modern notion of a free will was not present in the earliest Greek thinkers, but developed late in Stoicism, especially with Epictetus, and was refined by …

Michael Frede, who served as the 84th Sather Professor of Classical Literature in 1997-98, has died. Frede was attending a triennial colloquium on Hellenistic philosophy in Delphi and died …

Oct 15, 2007 · Professor Michael Frede, who has died aged 67, was Professor of the History of Philosophy at Oxford University and one of the most important and adventurous scholars of …

About Michael Frede. Frede is recognized as one of the most distinguished experts in ancient philosophy in the world. His two early books, Prädikation und Existenzaussage (1967) and Die …