After studying philosophy at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne and philology and
papyrology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, David Lévystone earned his
Ph.D. in the History of Philosophy from the Sorbonne University in 2009, under the supervision of
Professor Jonathan Barnes. After completing his dissertation, he participated in the project on the
Presocratics led by Professors André Laks and Glenn Most, which resulted in new
standard editions of the Presocratic fragments (Les débuts de la philosophie, Fayard,
2016, and Early Greek Philosophy, 9 vols., Loeb, 2016).
Starting in 2010 and for six years, he served as a professor at Sungkyunkwan University
in Seoul, where he taught courses in ancient and medieval philosophy. Since 2017, he has been
a research professor at the Universidad Panamericana, where he teaches Greek and
ancient philosophy. He has been particularly involved in the organization and development of the Master’s program
in Ancient Philosophy at that institution.
He has published numerous articles in French, English, and Spanish in specialized journals
such as Phoenix, Phronesis, Mnemosyne, and Philosophie Antique (https://up-
mx.academia.edu/DavidLévystone). His research focuses primarily on
archaic and classical philosophy, with a special interest in the origins of political and
economic thought and their implications for the contemporary world. He also co-edits the
Oikonomia series, dedicated to the study of the ancient economy, published by De Gruyter.
Research Areas
- Ancient and Classical Philosophy