Section of Foreign Philosophy
- Wei CHENG
- Associate Professor (Tenured)
- Email: cheng.wei@pku.edu.cn
- Homepage:https://philcw.com/
- Education: PhD, Humboldt University of Berlin (summa cum laude)
- Areas of Research:Ancient Philosophy (esp. Plato, Aristotle, Old Academy, and Ancient Commentaries on Aristotle)
- Bio
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Employment
2022-
(tenured) Associate Professor of Philosophy, Peking University
2019-21
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Peking University
2016-19
Assistant Professor of Classics, Peking University
Education
2015
PhD, Graduate Program in Ancient Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin (summa cum laude)
Dissertation: Pleasure and Pain in Context: Aristotle and his Contemporaries
Committee: Philip van der Eijk (Adviser), Christoph Helmig, Jonathan Beere, Geert Keil, and Oliver Overwien
2013
Visiting student, Princeton University (Adviser: John M. Cooper)
2011
Magister artium, University Tübingen (Double Major: Philosophy, Classical Philology, with distinction)
2004
BA, 北京大学（中国文学）
Research
Areas of Specialization: Ancient Philosophy, especially Plato, Aristotle, Old Academy, and Ancient Commentaries on Aristotle
Areas of Competence: Philosophy of Mind, Moral Psychology, 19th Century German Philosophy, History of Classical Scholarship
Rewards and Scholarships
2024
2023
兴证全球基金奖教金杰出青年奖
青年长江学者 (Yangtze River Young Scholar)
2022
兴证全球基金奖教金杰出青年奖(Aegon-Industrial Fund Young Scholar Award)
2017
Werner Jaeger-Preis, Gesellschaft für Antike Philosophie, Germany
2015
Visiting Scholarship, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Abschlussstipendium, Humboldt University of Berlin
国家优秀自费留学生奖学金
2013
DAAD Visiting Scholarship (Princeton University)
2011-04
PhD Scholarship, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
2008-11
2003
MA Scholarship, Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung
五四奖学金,北京大学
Publications
- Journal Articles
- “亞里士多德的痛苦概念：一個推測性的綱要”《道風》第62期，2025，71-123
- “质形论的兴起与当代心灵哲学”《中国社会科学》12, 2024, 142-59
- “Between Saying and Doing: Aristotle, Speusippus, and the Evaluation of Pleasure”, Apeiron (Ahead-of-Print) 2024，https://doi.org/10.1515/apeiron-2023-0024.
- “Every Perception Is Accompanied by Pain!”: Theophrastus’s Criticism of Anaxagoras. Journal of the History of Philosophy 61(4), 2023, 559-583.
- “Aristotle and the Pain of Animals: Nicomachean Ethics 1154b7–9”, The Classical Quarterly, 73(1), 2023,101-108.
3. “Speusippus, Teleology, and the Metaphysics of Value: Theophrastus’ Metaphysics 11a18-26”, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 140, 2020, 143-175
4. “Aristotle and Eudoxus on Argument from Contraries”, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 102(4), 2020, 588-618
5. “Neutral, Natural and Hedonic State in Plato”, Mnemosyne, 72 (4), 2019, 525-49.
6. “Aristotle’s Vocabulary of Pain”, Philologus, 163 (1), 2019, 47-71.
7. “Dyschereia and Aporia: The Formation of a Philosophical Term”, TAPA 148 (1), 2018, 75-110
8. “A Battle Against Pain?: Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Physiologoi”, Phronesis (62), 2017, 392-416
9. “尼采的柏拉图：以巴塞尔‘柏拉图讲义’为中心”，《中国学术》（34），商务印书馆，2016，51-102. （“Nietzsche’s ‘Platonism’: A study on his Basel Lectures on Plato”, China Scholarship 34, 2016, 51-102）in Chinese
10. “柏拉图释义问题”，《中国学术》（28），商务印书馆，2011，89-171（“Problems of Interpreting Plato”, China Scholarship 28, 89-171）in Chinese
B. Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
1. “Anecdotes and Ethics: Theophrastus, Parrhasius, and the Forms of Life” in R. Mayhew, O. Hellmann, A. Zucker (eds.), Peripatetic Ethics in Theophrastus and After, Routledge, forthcoming.
2. “Between Aristotle and Stoicism: Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Varieties of Pain”, in J. R. Clarke, D. King and H. Baltussen eds., Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings, Leiden: Brill, 2023, 176-204
3. “Alexander of Aphrodisias on Pleasure and Pain in Aristotle”, in W. Harris ed., Pleasure and Pain in Classical Times, Leiden: Brill, 2018, 174-200
C. Invited Chapters in Edited Volumes
1. “什么是古代哲学：一个导论”，载于《西方古典学论纲》，彭小瑜主编，北京大学出版社（‘What is Ancient Philosophy: An Introduction’, in Handbook of Western Classical Studies, ed. by Peng Xiaoyu, Peking University Press, in press）
2 “口传性、书写性与哲学：对尼采的巴塞尔‘柏拉图讲义’的一个评注”，载于《从文本到思想》，韩水法编，北京大学出版社 2015，348-68（‘Orality, Writing and Philosophy: a Remark on Nietzsche’s Introduction to Plato’, in Han Shuifa (ed.), From Texts to Thoughts, Peking University Press）in Chinese
D. Book Reviews
1. “评刘玮:《公益与私利》，北京大学出版社 2019”（Review of Wei LIU, Common Good and Private Good: A Study of Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy, Peking University, 2019）in press, in Chinese
2. “制造语文学”，《中国学术》38，商务印书馆，2017，248-73（‘The Making of Philology’, China Scholarship 38, 2017, 248-73）in Chinese
3. “Orality and Literacy”, The Classical Review 66, 2016, 5-7.
4. “Aristotelian Emotions”, The Classical Review 66, 2016, 62-4.
5. “评先刚《柏拉图的本原学说》”,《希腊罗马哲学研究》第一辑，华东师范大学出版社，2016，345-79 （Review of XIAN Gang: Plato’s Doctrine of the Principles, in Studies in Greco-Roman Philosophy 1, 2016, 345-79）in Chinese
6. “评罗伯特·梅修, 《智者普罗迪科：文本、翻译与注解》”,《中国学术》（35）, 商务印书馆，2016, 472-87（Review of R. Mayhew: Prodicus the Sophist: Texts, Translations, and Commentary, Oxford 2011, in China Scholarship 35, 2016, 472-87）in Chinese
7. “评A·施米特：《亚里士多德诗学：翻译与注释》，载于《中国学术》（32），商务印书馆，2012，345-63 （Review of A. Schimitt: Aristoteles Poetik, Berlin 2008, in China Scholarship 32, 2012）in Chinese
E. Translations
1. 康拉德·盖瑟：“柏拉图与历史”，《清华西方哲学研究》2016 (1), 477-503.
2. 托马斯·A·斯勒扎克：“口头辩证法与书写游戏：论《斐德若》”，《清华西方哲学研究》2016 (1), 548-565
3. Marie-Luise Haase, “尼采1885年之后的遗稿编订”载于《从文本到思想》，韩水法编，北京大学出版社2015，291-308（简版《现代哲学》 2010 (3): 94-98）
4. 托马斯·A·斯勒扎克：《读柏拉图》（Platon Lesen），译林出版，2009
F. Others
1. “昨日的语文学：缅怀Thomas Alexander Szlezák教授”，《外国哲学》第48辑，2024，26-42
2. “一个德国的隐士”：纪念Michael Franz老师（1947-2023）”，《努斯：希腊罗马哲学研究》（7），上海：上海人民出版社，2024，524-36
3 “被遗忘的限制：亚里士多德与医学” 《萃嶺》，2025年4月24日
Work in Progress
- A Chinese translation of Aristotle’s De Motu Animalium, with introduction and notes, a book contract with Shiji Wenjing (世纪文景), Shanghai
- Doing Ancient Philosophy, a book contract with Peking University Press (北京大学出版社)
- A monograph on pain and unpleasure in Plato and Aristotle
- A paper on Aristotle and early medical tradition (invited paper for the Festschrift of Prof. Dr. Philip van Eijk)
- A paper on Aristotle’s zoology (under review)
- “亚里士多德的质形论与当代的身心难题”
Talks and Presentations
2024/4
2024/3
2023/12
“幸福作为依据德性的活动：亚里士多德论至善” 见地沙龙
“Anecdotes and Ethics: Theophrastus, Parrhasius, and the Art of Painting”, 第七届全国古希腊罗马哲学研讨会，西南大学
“Anecdotes and Ethics: Theophrastus, Parrhasius, and the Art of Painting”, 复旦大学
‘Aristotle on Pleasure: A Contextualist Approach’, BNU
2023/10
‘Plato on Pain’, BNU
‘柏拉图论疼痛’，山西大学
2023/8
‘Mental Content’，北京大学-中国科学院大学哲学所
‘古希腊哲学中的人论’，香港汉语基督教研究所
‘亚里士多德论痛苦：一个重构’ ，香港汉语基督教研究所
2023/7
‘赫西俄德与人类种族神话’，中山大学
2023/6
‘赫西俄德与人类种族神话’，中国政法大学
2023/5
‘评刘玮《公益与私利》’，武汉大学
‘形质论与当代心灵哲学’，华中科技大学
‘形质论与当代心灵哲学’，北大外哲所
2021/8
2021/4
‘信念与图像’，社科院哲学所，‘柏拉图的知识论’会议
‘身体的动力学：亚里士多德论动物运动’，首师大
2020/10
‘论证与图像：亚里士多德与动物运动的图表’，复旦大学
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‘亚里士多德是一个美德伦理学家么？’，北大外哲所
2019/11
‘Pain in Aristotle’, Peking University, International Conference ‘Mind and Self in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy’
2019/10
‘Aristotle’s concept of pain: a speculative reconstruction’, Fudan /NYU, International Conference: “Emotion in Ancient World”
2019/9
‘What is pleasure per accidens in Aristotle’, Oslo University, International Conference: ‘Aristotle’s Criticism of Plato’
2019/6
‘柏拉图的学园与亚里士多德《形而上学》卷MN’，社科院，
知止读书会
2018/11
‘Alexander on Pain’, 清华大学哲学系
2018/4
‘Classification of Pain in Alexander of Aphrodisias’, Exeter University, International Conference: “Pain in the Ancient World”
2017/11
‘Aristotle’s Conception of Pain: A Speculative Reconstruction’, Fudan University, International Conference: ‘Comparing Classical Scholarships: West and China’
2017/11
‘重思耶格尔：重思亚里士多德的演化’，人大
2017/6
‘Aristotle’s Criticism of Plato’s Doctrine of Pleasure’, International Conference at Renmin University: ‘Aristotle’s Criticism of Plato’
2016/7
‘Omnipresence of Pain: Aristotle and Theophrastus’, Renmin-Princeton-Munich Conference: ‘Aristotle’s Moral Psychology’
2016/4
‘Aristotle’s Defense of the Argument from Contraries: A New Interpretation’, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, in Chinese
2015/11
‘Aristotle vs. Speusippus on Pleasure’, Humboldt University Berlin
2015/12
‘哲学疑难与愉悦厌恶症’，山东大学
2015/4
‘Alexander of Aphrodisias on Pleasure and Pain in Aristotle’, Columbia University, International Conference: ‘Pain and Pleasure in Classical Antiquity’
Research Funding
2021-25
Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China: ‘A Philosophical Study on Aristotle’s De Motu Animalium’,
2016-18
PKU Talent Innovation Program: ‘Aristotle on Mind and Feeling’
2011-15
Humboldt Stiftung (PhD Fellowship): ‘Medicine of the Mind, Philosophy of the Body’ (director: Philip van der Eijk),
Teaching
2024 (Spring):
Ancient Greek Myths and Philosophy
Aristotle: De Motu Animalium
2023 (Fall):
Aristotle’s Metaphysics Lambda
Introduction to Philosophy (Module: Philosophy of Mind), with Han, Li, Liu, and Wu
2023 (Spring):
History of Western Philosophy I
2022 (Fall):
Euripides: Medea
Introduction to Philosophy (Module: Philosophy of Mind), with Han, Li, Liu, and Wu
2022 (Spring):
Topics in Philosophy of Mind
2021 (Fall):
Aristotle: De Sensu
Introduction to Philosophy (Module: Philosophy of Mind), with Han, Li, Liu, and Wu
2021 (Spring):
History of Western Philosophy I
2020 (Fall):
Hellenistic Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy (Module: Philosophy of Mind), with Han, Li, Liu, and Wu
2020 (Spring):
Aristotle: De Motu Animalium
2019 (Fall):
Aristotle: De Anima
Introduction to Philosophy (Module: Philosophy of Mind), with Han, Li, Liu, and Wu
2019 (Spring):
Plato on Self (Alcibiades I and Charmides)
2018 (Fall):
Introduction to Greek Tragedy
2018 (Spring):
Reading Greek (Euripides’ Medea)
Plato’s Philebus
2017 (Fall):
Introduction to Classical Studies
Aristotle: Eudemian Ethics (with Wu and Lin)
2017 (Spring):
Elementary Greek (2)
Sophistic Movement
2016 (Fall):
Elementary Greek (1)
Pre-Socratics
Professional Service
Member of the Board of Directors, Association of Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (China), 2021-
Member of the Editorial Board, Chinese Philosophical Review, 2020-
Referee: The Classical Quarterly, Apeiron, Philosophers’ Imprint; Oxford Classical Dictionary,《哲学评鉴》《哲学研究》《哲学动态》《外国哲学》《哲学门》《清华西方哲学研究》
Supervisor, BA Program in Classical Studies, PKU, 2016-Director of the Department Library (PKU Philosophy), 2020-22
Moderator and referee, The World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing, 2018
Mentor, MA and PhD-students, Department of History, PKU, 2017-19
Member of the Executive Committee, National Standardized Examination in Ancient Greek, 2017
Beirat, Die Hölderlin-Gesellschaft, 2011-15
