Brian Johnson

Ph.D. in Philosophy, The University of Chicago

B.A. in History, The University of Illinois at Chicago

I specialize in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy with a particular interest in Aristotle's ethics as well as Stoic ethics. I am also interested in Medieval Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Applied Ethics (Business Ethics), and Literature.

I keep a relatively low profile on the interweb but I appear in a few places:

• My Amazon.com author page
• A Fordham video, Meet Fordham Professors
• The video, Career Services: What to expect Fall of your Senior year
• "Office Hours with Brian Johnson" by Weiyu Li in Fordham's Observer
• Chapter 2 of Mark Adams' humorous book Meet Me in Atlantis. Mark wrote the best-selling book, Turn Right at Machu Picchu. In his Atlantis book, Mark writes about all of the people searching for Atlantis (not me!). I appear in Chapter 2 to talk with Mark about the origin of the myth in Plato. Hilarity ensues.

The Role Ethics of Epictetus: Stoicism in Ordinary Life (Lexington Books)

“The Reception of Socrates in Epictetus” in Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Socrates, ed. Christopher Moore.

“The American Diogenes: Mark Twain’s Sacred Profanity” in Mark Twain and Philosophy, ed. Alan Goldman

“Socrates, Heracles, and the Deflation of Roles in Epictetus” in Ancient Philosophy

“Ethical Roles in Epictetus” in Epoché

“Comments on ‘On the Chrysippan Thesis That the Virtues are Poia by Bernard Collette-Ducic” in the Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy