Bernard David Freydberg

Born March 28, 1947, in Yonkers, NY to Stella and Alexander Freydberg, Bernard graduated from Charles E. Gorton High School where he won the New York State Regents Scholarship to attend The University of Rochester, NY. In 1977 he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University with a dissertation on Greek philosophy and its relationship to the work of the 19th Century German philosopher, FWJ Schelling. As Professor of Philosophy at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and Koç University, in Istanbul, Turkey, he enjoyed a prolific career that included many articles and ten Philosophy books. He was especially productive in the years after retiring from Slippery Rock, publishing books that invited us to rethink the philosophical tradition, including Philosophy and Comedy: Aristophanes, Logos, and Eros (2008), Schelling's Dialogical Freedom Essay: Provocative Philosophy Then and Now (2008), David Hume: Platonic Philosopher, Continental Ancestor (2012), The Thought of John Sallis: Phenomenology, Plato, Imagination (2012), and A Dark History of Modern Philosophy (2017).

He died June 16, 2024, in Gulfport, FL and is survived by his wife, Akiko Kotani, daughter, Malika Hadley Freydberg, and brother, Charles Freydberg. Memorial services for Bernard Freydberg will be private with his family.