Profile
Dr. Shirley Sullivan
Affiliation
The University of British ColumbiaAcademy or College
Academy of the Arts and HumanitiesYear Elected
2003Areas of Interest
Greek literature, Greek drama, homer, Greek lyric poets, early greek philosophy, Latin literature
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Shirley Sullivan has received international acclaim for her contributions to one of the most complex and fundamental issues of intellectual history - the development of the cognitive process in the early Greeks. In six books and over sixty articles, she has developed a unique methodology by applying a psychological approach to her comprehensive knowledge of the Classical languages and literatures. Her work is of compelling interest to philosophers and psychologists as well as to classicists, and constitutes an indispensable resource for those engaged in the study of early thought.
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Shirley Sullivan has received international acclaim for her contributions to understanding the development of the cognitive process in the early Greeks. She has developed a unique methodology by applying a psychological approach to her comprehensive knowledge of the Classical languages and literatures. Her work constitutes an indispensable resource for those engaged in the study of early thought.