David Machek

Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Bern, Switzerland

David Machek is a senior postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bern in Switzerland. He is a specialist in ancient Greaco-Roman and early Chinese thought, and the author of The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in April 2023).

Written by David Machek

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What’s a life worth living? For the ancients, it depends

What the ancient philosophers thought was a life worth living will likely surprise you. But don’t be too quick to judge

by David Machek