Stanley Sfekas

Professor of Philosophy and Religion

Biography

Dr. Stanley Sfekas was born in 1942 in the United States. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at Indianapolis University. After receiving his B.A. in Philosophy and English from the University of Maryland, he went on to earn both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from New York University. His doctoral dissertation is entitled “The problem of individuation in Aristotelian metaphysics.”.

Dr Stanley Sfekas had taught at various institutions of higher education, including Brooklyn College, the City University of New York, the New York Institute of Technology, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and the American College of the Southeast.

Dr Dr. Stanley Sfekas has also published scholarly articles and books and has been a reviewer for the American Philosophical Society and many international journals. He was the book reviewer for the international journal, Philosophical Research. He had also served as an educational consultant for the Fulbright Foundation in Greece.

As a professor of Public Education in the Athenian Academic community, Dr. Stanley Wasp had delivered over 150 public lectures since 1986 and had appeared several times on Greek television as an academic spokesman. In addition to his scholarly publications, he had, from 1995 to the present, translated the scripts of seven historical films and 35 archaeological documentaries. He was also the Philosophical Advisor in several productions.

Dr Stanley Sfekas was a member of the Board of Directors of OLYMPOS – World Spiritual Center from 1996 until 2022.

He worked with great zeal in the editing of texts and in the translation into English of the texts of Heptapolis – Trilogy.

Dr Stanley Sfekas appeared in 12 television episodes of the documentary “From Aristotle to Hawking”, Pissanos Productions, talking about Aristotle and Ancient Greek Cosmology. The series, which has been translated and distributed worldwide, was nominated by the members of the Academy of Athens for the 2008 Templeton Prize. Dr Stanley Sfekas was the translator of the series from Greek to English.

Publications

  • 1986 “Aristotle’s Principle of Individuation” published inApeiron, Monash University, Australia.
  • 1990 “Aristotle on Individuation” published inDeucalion, Athens, Greece.
  • 1990 Solicited book review for the American Philosophical Association. Published in the APANewsletter on Computer Use, Law, Medicine, Teaching. Volume 89:3, «The Wake of Imagination” by Richard Kearney, University of Minnesota Press,1989.
  • 1991 “Ousia, substratum, and matter.” In:Philosophical inquiry, 13 (1991):38-47.
  • 1992 Book review forPhilosophical Inquiry: International Quarterly of The End of Life: The Case for Euthanasia, by J. Rachels, Oxford University Press
  • 1992–1994 Book review editor forPhilosophical Inquiry: International quarterly. Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • 1994 Official translator and philosophical consultant of screenplay for film and international television series:Orpheus and Eurydice starring Oliver Reed, produced by P. Pissanos Co. World Premiere: Nov. 8, 1997, London Film Festival.
  • 1995 Adaptation of screenplay (Greek-English) and philosophical consultant for film and television series:The Gods of Olympus, produced by P. Pissanos Co.
  • 1996 Adaptation of screenplay (Greek-English) and philosophical consultant for film and television series:Deucalion’s Flood, a Pissanos production.
  • 1996 “Aristotle’s Principle of Individuation”, published inDeucalion, edited by A. Kitsopoulos.
  • 1997 Adaptation of screenplay and philosophical consultant for film and television series:Alexander the Great, a Pissanos production.
  • 1997Orpheus and Eurydice by Stanley Sfekas, a book adapted from the film starring Oliver Reed.
  • 1998–1999 Adaptation of narrative (Greek-English) and philosophical consultant for a series of archaeological documentaries on Greece for cinematic and television historical productions referred to below under the auspices of the European Union Cultural Commission (Pissanos productions).
  1. THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
  2. THE PARTHENON
  3. THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
  4. THE ANCIENT AGORA
  5. THE ROMAN AGORA
  6. THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON
  7. THE ISLE OF AEGINA
  8. THE PARTHENON MARBLES
  9. THE FIREWALKERS
  10. EPIDAURUS
  11. THE TOMB OF AGAMMEMNON
  12. VISITING CORINTH
  13. ANCIENT OLYMPIA
  14. THE ORACLE AT DELPHI
  15. THE DELPHI MUSEUM
  16. MOUNT OLYMPUS
  17. A WALKING TOUR OF THE PLAKA
  18. EARLY GREEK COSMOLOGY [2000]
  19. FROM ARISTOTLE TO HAWKING [2001]
  20. EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS [2002]
  21. ALEXANDER THE GREAT [2003]
  22. OLYMPIAD: 448 B.C. [2003]
  • 2004: Articles in the periodicalBusiness Partner, published by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce:
  1. Ethical Guidelines
  2. Corporate Responsibility
  • 2004: Translation of cosmological work “Next Step of Creation” by Ioannis Tsatsaris; Epistos Publishing Company: The Next Step of Creation (Greek to English). Submitted to Vantage Press.
  • 2004: Translation of “Portalakis Collection” by George Armaos (Greek to English). The Portalakis Collection.
  • 2005–2006: Translation of documentary television series:From Aristotle to Hawking; released Fall 2006; 12 episodes of 30 minutes.
  • 2006: Translation of the book version ofFrom Aristotle to Hawking. Interviewed on Aristotelian Cosmology in Documentary Series: From Aristotle to Hawking In 12 episodes.
  • 2011: The Laws of the Universe in Earthly and Heavenly Life by Paul Pissanos.