Min-Jun Huh

Min-Jun Huh holds a doctorate in Latin Studies and Philosophy (Université Paris-Sorbonne and KU Leuven, 2013). Qualified for the position of Maître de conférences in Ancient Philosophy and Classical Languages, he is currently Senior Researcher at the Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University, where he also teaches Latin language and literature. His research focuses on the reception of Neoplatonism in the Roman world and on Neoplatonic commentators on the Isagoge.

The project

Title: Revision of the critical edition of Boethius' first commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge, together with the French translation and philosophical commentary

"This project aims to finalize the publication, in the form of a monograph, of a doctoral work devoted to the critical edition, French translation, and commentary of Boethius’ first commentary on Porphyry’s Isagoge, a treatise on Aristotelian logic composed in Latin in the sixth century. This foundational text, still unpublished in any modern language, was the subject of an initial analysis in my dissertation, jointly supervised by Paris IV-Sorbonne and KU Leuven. The current objective is to produce a thoroughly revised critical edition, based on the collation of ten Latin manuscripts, two of which remain inaccessible in Korea and can only be consulted at the IRHT in Paris. Furthermore, the preparation of the philosophical commentary requires direct access to rare works and resources, most of which are preserved in major Parisian libraries. The requested stay at the Maison Suger would thus enable me to complete this research by consulting the missing manuscripts, specialized works, and by collaborating closely with my former supervisor, Carlos Lévy, with a view to publication at Brepols."

Selective Bibliography

• « Transcendental Form, Embryonic Body, and the Genos as an Object of Thought: Genealogical Inquiry and Philosophical Implications », The Journal of Greco-Roman Studies, 2024, vol.63, no.2, pp. 1-30.
• « Boethius and the Problem of Universals: Focusing on the Secondary Commentary on Isagoge », The Journal of Greco-Roman Studies, vol. 62, no. 2, 2023, pp. 157–207.
• « Shu 殊 (Differentia) in the Wugong 五公 (Isagoge): Its Philosophical Meanings and Philological Background », Studies in Philosophy East-West, 2022, vol. 105, pp. 91-133.
• « Les cinq prédicables du De dialectica de Martianus Capella proviennent-ils de l'Isagogè de Porphyre ? », in J. B. Guillaumin (éd.), Martianus Capella et la circulation des savoirs dans l'Antiquité tardive, Polymnia, 2022, pp. 155-198. (éd.) Introduction générale à la philosophie chez les commentateurs néoplatoniciens, Brepols, Turnhout, 2020.