Education
Ph.D. in Classics and Philosophy, University of Münster, Germany, 1998
M.A. (“Staatsexamen”) in Classics, University of Münster, 1994
Awards
Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2001-2003
Member of the Academia Platonica Septima Monasteriensis, 2005
Areas of Specialization
Ancient philosophy, Plato, Plotinus, Neoplatonism, philosophical hymnology
Publications
Books:
Plotins Schrift "Über den Geist, die Ideen und das Seiende" (Enneade V 9 [5]). Text, translation, commentary. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 145. Munich – Leipzig: Saur, 2001.
Co-edited Books:
Der Platonismus in der Antike. Grundlagen – System – Entwicklung. Index zu den Bänden 1–4. Compiled by M. Baltes in collaboration with A. Hüffmeier, M.-L. Lakmann and M. Vorwerk. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Frommann-Holzboog, 1997.
Baltes, M., DIANOHMATA. Kleine Schriften zu Platon und zum Platonismus. Ed. by A. Hüffmeier, M.-L. Lakmann and M. Vorwerk. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde 123. Stuttgart – Leipzig: Teubner, 1999.
Articles:
"Plato on Virtue: Definitions of 'sophrosune' in Plato's Charmides and in Plotinus, Enneads 1.2 (19)," American Journal of Philology 122 (2001) 29-47.
"Mythos und Kosmos. Zur Topographie des Jenseits im Er–Mythos des Platonischen Staates (614 b 2 - 616 b 1)," Philologus 146 (2002) 46-64.
"Zauber oder Argument? Die 'epoidoi muthoi' in Platon, Nomoi X (903 A 10–905 D 1)." In Plato's Laws: From Theory into Practice. Proceedings of the VI Symposium Platonicum. Selected papers. Ed. by S. Scolnicov and L. Brisson. International Plato Studies 15. St. Augustin: Academia, 2003, 81-86.
"Citizenship of the Heavenly Fatherland: A Platonist Alternative to the Stoic Concept of Cosmopolitanism. " In Polis and Cosmopolis: Problems of a Global Era. Vol. 2. Ed. by K. Boudouris. Athens: Ionia Publications, 2003, 230-240.
Reviews:
Neoplatonic Philosophy. Introductory Readings. Ed. by J. Dillon and L. P. Gerson. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett, 2004. In Classical Review 56 (2006) 88.
Fall 2007 Courses
PHIL 201-04 The Classical Mind
PHIL 313-01 Philosophy of Human Nature
Courses taught (since 2003)
PHIL 201 The Classical Mind
PHIL 202 The Modern Mind
PHIL 310 Philosophy of Art
PHIL 313 Philosophy of Human Nature
PHIL 747 Plotinus
PHIL 754 The Problem of Evil in Neoplatonic Philosophy
e-mail: Vorwerk@cua.edu
