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Dr Patricia O'Grady
Visiting scholar
The Flinders University of South Australia
Sturt Rd., Bedford Park
Adelaide, SA 5042
Australia
Ph: (08)8 201 2384
Fax: (08)8 201 2784
Email: Patricia.Ogrady@flinders.edu.au
Patricia O'Grady was a teacher/libarian in Government primary schools until
her retirement after which she was able to study philosophy full time. She
was awarded a PhD in 1998 for a thesis on Thales of Miletus. She has been a
Visiting Scholar in Philosophy since 1998.
Primary Research Interests: include the Pre-Socratics. She is presently
researching Hippias of Elis, and women philosophers of ancient times. She is
writing an historical novel on Pythagoras, aimed at young readers.
Publications
Meet the Philosophers of Ancient Greece (102Kb PDF). Ashgate Publishing Direct Sales
Thales of Miletus: The Beginnings of Western Science and Philosophy. Aldershot,
UK:; and Burlington, VT. USA: Ashgate, 2002.
"Anaxagoras and Athenian Politics: Towards a Chronology" published in Greek
Research in Australia, ed. Elizabeth Close, Michael Tsianikas and George
Frazis. Department of Languages - Modern Greek, Flinders University Press,
2001.
"Thales: Some Problems in Early Greek Science." Greek Studies in Australia: Research Perspectives. Flinders University Press, Department of Languages (Modern Greek), 1999.
"Thales of Miletus". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; 2000.
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