Gaston Colle

Gaston Colle (1 August 1881 – 30 August 1946) was a Belgian academic specializing in the history of ancient philosophy.

Biography

Professor at Ghent University, where he taught moral philosophy, Gaston Colle remains mainly known as a commentator on Aristotle's Metaphysics, of which he has given a translation of the first four books. Published in three volumes between 1912 and 1931, this translation constitutes the first three volumes of the collection Aristote: translations and studies, published by the Higher Institute of Philosophy of Leuven.

Works

• La Métaphysique. Livre premier (1912; translation and commentary)
• La Métaphysique. Livres II et III (1922; translation and commentary)
• La Métaphysique. Livre quatrième (1931; translation and commentary)
• Les Éternels. Mélanges de Philosophie et de Critique (1936)
• Les Sourires de Béatrice: Nouveaux Mélanges de Philosophie et de Critique (1943)
• Mes Alyscamps: Derniers Mélanges de Philosophie et de Critique (1945)

External links

• Works by Gaston Colle at Gallica
• Works by Gaston Colle at Hathi Trust