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Margaret Graver is the Aaron Lawrence Professor in Classics. Her area of specialization is Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, especially the philosophy of mind and emotion. After completing her doctorate at Brown University, she taught briefly at Princeton University, then joined the faculty at Dartmouth College in 1996, where she offers a variety of courses on Greek and Roman philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Latin literature including Lucretius, Cicero, and Seneca, and on the Latin language. In addition to her teaching at Dartmouth, Prof. Graver regularly lectures and gives seminars at institutions throughout the U.S. and Europe, including two short-term appointments at French universities.
Seneca: The Literary Philosopher. Cambridge, forthcoming March 2023.
Power and Persuasion in Cicero's Philosophy. Co-edited with Nathan Gilbert and Sean McConnell. Cambridge, forthcoming Dec. 2022.
Seneca: Letters on Ethics. Translated and with an Introduction and Commentary by Margaret Graver and A.A. Long. Chicago, 2015; paperback 2017.
Stoicism and Emotion. Chicago, 2007; paperback 2009.
"The Madman's Choice: Plato and Plato's Republic in De Re Publica 1.1-12." At New Sorbonne University, Paris, Sept. 2, 2022.
"Cramps, Diarrhea, and Fevers: The Dangers of Reading in the Roman Philosophers." At the University of Turin, July 1, 2022.
"The Eyes of the Other: Honor and Epistemology in Plato and the Early Stoics." At the University of Edinburgh, June 13, 2022. Conference: "Honour in Classical Greece."
Prof. Graver is currently working on a monograph studying Cicero's reception of Stoic ethics throughout his career.