David Sedley

10.1k total citations
73 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David Sedley is a scholar working on Philosophy, Anthropology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sedley has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Philosophy, 26 papers in Anthropology and 19 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in David Sedley's work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (56 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (25 papers) and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (19 papers). David Sedley is often cited by papers focused on Classical Philosophy and Thought (56 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (25 papers) and Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (19 papers). David Sedley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. David Sedley's co-authors include A. A. Long, A. A. Long, Keimpe Algra, Brad Inwood, Malcolm Schofield, R. J. Hankinson, Ronald Polansky, Jacques Brunschwig, Jaap Mansfeld and Terence Irwin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Classical World and Phoenix.

In The Last Decade

David Sedley

58 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Sedley United Kingdom 20 1.0k 644 496 152 121 73 1.3k
Jonathan Barnes United States 20 715 0.7× 319 0.5× 250 0.5× 96 0.6× 187 1.5× 69 1.1k
Gregory Vlastos United States 19 953 0.9× 401 0.6× 246 0.5× 156 1.0× 146 1.2× 76 1.4k
Richard Sorabji United Kingdom 19 703 0.7× 277 0.4× 292 0.6× 156 1.0× 122 1.0× 65 1.2k
Myles Burnyeat United Kingdom 16 653 0.6× 275 0.4× 218 0.4× 150 1.0× 95 0.8× 62 848
W. K. C. Guthrie United States 16 702 0.7× 423 0.7× 355 0.7× 87 0.6× 80 0.7× 58 1.2k
G. S. Kirk United Kingdom 14 524 0.5× 583 0.9× 437 0.9× 64 0.4× 110 0.9× 44 1.4k
Plato Plato 12 517 0.5× 255 0.4× 167 0.3× 55 0.4× 58 0.5× 106 898
Brad Inwood Canada 15 528 0.5× 376 0.6× 279 0.6× 37 0.2× 35 0.3× 61 782
Dorothea Frede Germany 13 487 0.5× 193 0.3× 141 0.3× 77 0.5× 104 0.9× 48 718
Charles H. Kahn United States 15 551 0.5× 297 0.5× 230 0.5× 60 0.4× 66 0.5× 70 784

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Sedley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sedley

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All Works

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Sedley, David. (2018). Zenonian Strategies. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (2016). An Introduction to Plato's Theory of Forms. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement. 78. 3–22. 7 indexed citations
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Plato, B C, David Sedley, & Alex Long. (2011). Meno ; and, Phaedo. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (2011). Matter in Hellenistic Philosophy. Matéria (Rio de Janeiro). 53–66. 1 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (2006). XII*—FORM–PARTICULAR RESEMBLANCE IN PLATO'S PHAEDO. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 106(3). 309–325. 4 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (2005). Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton. University of Michigan Press eBooks.
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Sedley, David. (2004). Aristote et la signification. Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra). 4. 5–25.
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Sedley, David. (2003). A Socratic Interpretation of Plato's Theaetetus'. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy. 18. 2 indexed citations
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Inwood, Brad, David Sedley, Christopher Gill, et al.. (2003). The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 68 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (2000). Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. 3 indexed citations
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Long, A. A., A. A. Long, Jaap Mansfeld, et al.. (1999). The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 63 indexed citations
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Algra, Keimpe, Jaap Mansfeld, Tiziano Dorandi, et al.. (1999). The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 59 indexed citations
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Sedley, David, et al.. (1996). CAR volume 46 issue 2 Front matter. The Classical Review. 46(2). f1–f13. 1 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (1993). Thrice-greatest Hermes. TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement. 8.
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Sedley, David. (1989). The Proems of Empedocles and Lucretius. Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies. 30(2). 269–296. 7 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (1989). Teleology and myth in the Phaedo. Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy. 5. 10 indexed citations
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Long, A. A. & David Sedley. (1987). Greek and Latin texts with notes and bibliography. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Long, A. A. & David Sedley. (1987). The Hellenistic Philosophers. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 295 indexed citations
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Sedley, David. (1985). THE STOIC THEORY OF UNIVERSALS. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 23(S1). 87–92. 15 indexed citations

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