Gaetano Longo received his BA in Philosophy in 2012 from the University of Salerno, and his MA in Medieval Studies in 2018 from the Central European University. In 2006 he spent a semester at Humboldt University, Berlin, as an Erasmus student.
His current research focuses on the philosophy of the last scholarch of the School of Athens, Damascius by taking into account his treatise Difficulties and Solutions About the First Principles and his Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides.
Gaetano also translated a monograph on Plato’s Parmenides by Franz von Kutschera [to be published], an essay on Plato by Vittorio Hösle and other shorter texts into Italian.
Qualification
Bachelor in Philosophy, University of Salerno, 2012
Master in Medieval Studies, Central European University, 2018
Thesis
Damascius' Aporetical Metaphysics in Relation to His Interpretation of Plato's Parmenides