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Luisa Buarque; Izabella Simões

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Published: Jun 30, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32334/oqnfp.2025n56a1107

Luisa Buarque

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1888-2465

Izabella Simões

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6338-2478

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 56 (2025): Plato's Laws

Section

Introduction

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Author Biographies

Luisa Buarque, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

She holds a bachelor's degree (1997), master's degree (2001), and doctorate (2008) in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She completed a postdoctoral internship at the Sorbonne (Centre Léon Robin, 2009-2010), under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Cassin, and a postdoctoral internship at the Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra (2019-2020), under the supervision of Prof. Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva. She has been a professor in the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department of Philosophy at PUC-Rio since 2013. In 2024, she became an associate professor in the same department. She was a visiting professor at Södertörn University (Sweden, 2012) and Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal, 2024). She is a member of the following research groups: Ousia (Laboratory for Classical Philosophy Studies at UFRJ), Pragma (Program for Classical Philosophy Studies at UFRJ), NUFA (Center for Ancient Philosophy at PUC-Rio), NUMEN (Center for Ancient and Medieval Studies at the State University of Northern Paraná), and Pensatório Trygoidia (UERJ/PUC-Rio), of which she is a founding member along with coordinator F. Gall. She is a member of the Latin American Association of Ancient Philosophy (ALFA), the Brazilian Network of Women Philosophers (RBMF), the ANPOF Ancient Philosophy Working Group, and the Brazilian Society of Classical Studies (SBEC). She is coordinator of the editorial committee of the Coleção Filósofas (Ed. PUC-Rio) and has experience in the field of Ancient Philosophy and Greek Literature, working mainly on the following topics: mimesis, tragedy, Aristophanic comedy, History of Ancient Philosophy, Plato and Aristotle, Philosophy of Language in Antiquity, and History of Rhetoric.

Izabella Simões, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

PhD candidate in History of Philosophy - with an emphasis on Ancient Philosophy - in the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGFil/PUC-Rio), under the guidance of Professor Luisa Severo Buarque de Holanda, and with a Nota 10 scholarship granted by the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support in the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). She holds a master's degree in Political Philosophy from the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Federal University of Pernambuco (PPGFil/UFPE), under the guidance of Professor Richard Romeiro Oliveira, and with a scholarship granted by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). She graduated in Philosophy from the Salesian Institute of Philosophy (INSAF) and has technical training in Interior Design from the Institute of Art and Design (INAP), registered with the Regional Council of Industrial Technicians (CRT/MG). She is a member of the Brazilian Society for Classical Studies (SBEC) and the Study Group on Ancient Philosophy of the Department of Philosophy and Methods at the Federal University of São João del-Rei (GEFA/DFIME/UFSJ), led by Professor Richard Romeiro Oliveira and linked to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). She is part of the editorial board of the journals Alter and AnaLógos, linked to PPGFil at PUC-Rio. She participates in seminars on Plato offered by Professor Maura Iglésias at the Center for Ancient Philosophy Studies (NUFA) at the same institution. Her research focuses on Ancient Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, Cosmology, Theology, Urbanism in Classical Antiquity, as well as History of Design, especially History of Furniture Design. She is currently organizing two dossiers on Plato that will be published in 2026: one for the magazine “O que nos faz pensar” (What Makes Us Think) from PUC-Rio and another for the magazine “Estudos Filosóficos” (Philosophical Studies) from UFSJ.