Werner Beierwaltes (8 May 1931, Klingenberg am Main – 22 February 2019, Würzburg)[1] was a German academic best known as a historian of philosophy.
He was an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
His many books include Proklos: Grundzuge seiner Metaphysik, Denken des Einen: Studien zur neuplatonischen Philosophie und ihrer Wirkungsgeschichte, Eriugena: Grundzuge seines Denkens, Platonismus im Christentum, and Platonismus und Idealismus.
He was among the original Editorial Advisors of the scholarly journal Dionysius,[2] in which English-language examples of his writings may be found.
[3] He was also a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies,[4] Quaestio,[5] and Anuario Filosófico.