# Robin Waterfield
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Robin Anthony Herschel Waterfield (born 1952) is a British classical scholar, translator, editor, and writer of children's fiction.
== Career ==
Waterfield was born in 1952, and studied Classics at Manchester University, where he achieved a first class degree in 1974. He went on to research ancient Greek philosophy at King's College, Cambridge until 1978, after which he became a lecturer at Newcastle University and then St Andrews University.
#298 - Charmides by Plato
Charmides* is a dialogue of search and the search is for a definition of the Greek word sophrosyne. It’s a word that encompasses the spirit behind the famous sayings at Delphi of “Know Yourself” and “Nothing in Excess.” Translators have rendered it self-control, moderation, prudence, temperance, a…
#299 - Laches by Plato
Laches is another one of Plato’s Dialogues of Search. In this one, Plato is seeking a definition for the Greek word andreia (ἀνδρεία), which is typically translated as courage, fortitude, or manliness (manly virtue). Two seasoned Athenian generals (Nicias and Laches) discuss with Socrates in an at…
#506 - Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: A Dialogue with Robin Waterfield & John Sellars
In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars on their new translation of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. They discuss translating Aristotle’s ethics for a modern audience, Aristotelian Greek vs. other forms of Greek, different works of ethics, Aristotle’s e…
Philosophy Was Meant to Make You Better | Robin Waterfield
Robin Waterfield is a classicist, author, and one of the most prolific translators of ancient Greek philosophy and history into modern English, with more than thirty-five volumes of translations to his name. His work includes Plato’s Republic and Symposium, Herodotus, Marcus Aurelius, Thucydides’ …
836 Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars) | My Last Book with Daniel Olivas
What does it mean to live a good life? How can we accomplish it? For more than two thousand years, Western civilization has looked to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to help answer those questions. In this episode, Jacke talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellars about their new …
TVS Episode 17 The Golden Eggs
Why is contentment so hard to come by these days? Advertisements and social media feeds constantly appeal to our emotions by presenting images of the possessions and lifestyle we would like to have, and discontenting us by reminding us that we don't have them. Using Aesop's fable of the goose that…
The Trial of Socrates: Is an examined life actually worth it?
The arc ends where the show's name comes from. Was Socrates a philosophical martyr or have we romanticized the story to inflate our own purpose? If we retcon our own wants, thoughts, and feelings, are we capable of retconning history to better inflate our own self? Episode one's concept, applied…
TVS Episode 18 Great Expectations
What do you want out of life? How would you define wealth and success? The measure we use when answering these questions can make all the difference in our answers. Using the characters in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life , Rhonda looks at how tempering our expectations can lead to satisfaction and…
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