Theodor Gomperz

Theodor Gomperz (March 29, 1832 – August 29, 1912), Austrian philosopher and classical scholar, was born at Brno (Brünn).

Graduating at the University of Vienna in 1867 he became privatdozent, and subsequently a professor of classical philology (1873).

[1] Gomperz resigned his professorship at Vienna in order to devote all his energy to his magnum opus Griechische Denker ("Greek Thinkers"), which first appeared in 1893.

His Griechische Denker: Geschichte der antiken Philosophie (vols.

[4] Lewis Campbell gives an overview of Gomperz as writer and scholar in The Hibbert Journal, 5:2, January 1907, pp.