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SUMMARY:Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson\, "Idealist\, dualist or something else? Plotinus on the status of the sensible world”
DESCRIPTION:Michael Frede \nAnnual Michael Frede Memorial Lecture\nProfessor Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson (University of Oslo)\, “Idealist\, dualist or something else? Plotinus on the status of the sensible world”\nAbstract: In this paper I shall discuss Plotinus’ views on causation of and in the sensible sphere—by “the sensible sphere” I mean the physical world around us. The main focus is on the question whether all causes are ultimately mental and\, if so\, what conclusions can be drawn from that about Plotinus’ ontology. Is he a dualist with respect to the mind and the body? Or is he perhaps some sort of idealist\, believing that everything is somehow mental? It will be argued that in a certain sense that will be explained he may be called an idealist: a non-reductive idealist\, meaning that there are non-mental things but they do not do any work in the grand scheme of reality. \nBio: Eyjólfur K. Emilsson is professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. He was born in Reykjavik\, Iceland\, in 1953. He studied philosophy and ancient Greek at the University of Iceland before he went to Princeton for the Ph.D. which he received in 1984 with the dissertation Plotinus on Sense-Perception\, supervisor Prof. Michael Frede. He taught at the University of Iceland from 1982 to 1992 when he became professor at the University of Oslo. Most of his scholarly publications are on the philosophy of Plotinus. In addition to numerous articles\, they include Plotinus on Sense-Perception (Cambridge University Press\, 1988)\, Plotinus on Intellect (Oxford University Press\, 2007) and Plotinus (Routledge\, 2017\, 2 nd extended edition planned in 2025). Emilsson has in addition translated a number of ancient philosophical works into Icelandic and Norwegian\, including Plato’s Republic. \nHybrid Lecture \nTo attend in person in Athens\, please register HERE \nTo attend online via Zoom webinar\, please register HERE
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/eyjolfur-kjalar-emilsson-idealist-dualist-or-something-else-plotinus-on-the-status-of-the-sensible-world/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20240531T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Athens:20240531T193000
DTSTAMP:20260517T000237
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SUMMARY:Benjamin Morison\, "Δόξα and ἐπιστήμη in Aristotle: some implications for ethical thought"
DESCRIPTION:THE MICHAEL FREDE MEMORIAL LECTURE\nProfessor Benjamin Morison (Princeton University)\, “Δόξα and ἐπιστήμη in Aristotle: some implications for ethical thought”\nAbstract: According to Aristotle\, one part of our soul grasps scientific truths and can achieve ἐπιστήμη concerning them. A different part knows about practical truths\, including truths about morality\, and has a different kind of grasp of those truths\, a kind of δόξα. Yet according to Aristotle in Posterior Analytics I 33\, it is impossible to have ἐπιστήμη and δόξα of the same thing at the same time. So what would he say about propositions which are at once scientific truths belonging to a science and yet are also practically ethically relevant (e.g. that humans are social animals)? Can a virtuous person not have scientific knowledge of such a proposition? And in general\, surely someone’s scientific knowledge is available to them to be used in their everyday deliberations? I sketch some Aristotelian answers. \nhybrid lecture\, 18:00 (GR) / 16:00 (UK) \nPlease register here to attend online via Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rqWN8iFwQZmjmPIfYUxKUQ \nPlease register here to attend in-person in Athens: https://forms.gle/77PEbSZ7Qt8W74WdA
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/frede-lecture-benjamin-morison-%ce%b4%cf%8c%ce%be%ce%b1-and-%e1%bc%90%cf%80%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%ae%ce%bc%ce%b7-in-aristotle-some-implications-for-ethical-thought/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Athens:20230529T180000
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SUMMARY:Ursula Coope\, "Is happiness cumulative over time? An argument from Plotinus"
DESCRIPTION:Professor Ursula Coope (Keble College\, Oxford)\, “Is happiness cumulative over time? An argument from Plotinus” \nAbstract \nIs happiness the kind of thing that is cumulative over time? To many modern philosophers it has seemed obvious that the answer is yes. For example\, Richard Kraut\, in his recent book The Quality of Life\, argues that the total happiness of a life is an aggregate: it can be calculated by adding up periods of well-being and subtracting periods of ill-being. Against this\, it is striking that many ancient philosophers denied that happiness is the kind of thing that is cumulative over time. This talk is an attempt to understand why they denied this\, and to say something about the notion of happiness that lies behind their view. I focus especially on a line of argument in Plotinus’s Enneads I.5. After discussing Plotinus’s argument\, I raise a question about its practical relevance. If we accept Plotinus’s view that happiness is not cumulative over time\, what difference should this make to the way we live our lives? \nThis is an event in partnership with the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science\, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. \nMonday\, 29th May at  4pm (UK) / 6pm (Greece) \nRegister here to attend IN PERSON: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-happiness-cumulative-over-time-an-argument-from-plotinus-tickets-630680992827 \nRegister here to attend ONLINE: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZUh-vZImRB6BOr3K9yeCzg#/registration \n 
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/frede-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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SUMMARY:Lesley Brown\, "Self-sufficiency in Aristotle and others: what’s so good about Autarkeia?"
DESCRIPTION:Professor Lesley Brown (University of Oxford)\, “Self-sufficiency in Aristotle and others: what’s so good about Autarkeia?” \nAbstract \n Self-sufficiency – autarkeia – is a familiar Greek cultural value\, and one of the hallmarks of the best life according to Aristotle. But what makes a life self-sufficient? I probe his claim that the life of philosophical reflection is most self-sufficient because it can be solitary.\n\nThis event is in partnership with the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science\, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.\n\nThe lecture will take place in a hybrid format\, with limited in-person attendance and via zoom link. Both will require registration and places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.\n\nWebinar registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RXPit_t8T9iMn3LNCN1z_w\n\nTo attend in person please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/self-sufficiency-in-aristotle-and-others-whats-so-good-about-autarkeia-tickets-334368875307\n\n\n(Upper House\, 52 Souedias street 10676)\nTuesday 31 May 2022\,  5.00pm (UK) / 7.00pm (Greece)
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/lesley-brown-self-sufficiency-in-aristotle-and-others-whats-so-good-about-autarkeia/
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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SUMMARY:Professor Charles Brittain\, "Protagorean Hermeneutics"
DESCRIPTION:(Image: Iliad 1.1\, excerpt from British Library Add MS 8232\, f.184) \nProfessor Charles Brittain (Cornell University)\, “Protagorean Hermeneutics” \nMichael Frede Memorial Lecture\, in partnership with the Department of the History & Philosophy of Science\, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. \nAbstract \nIn this paper I argue that Protagoras’ method of poetic interpretation was not eristic. A re-examination of the evidence for his work on the Iliad shows that he used technical tools of criticism to build constructive interpretations\, as we should expect from the ideas about the educational role of poetry ascribed to him in Plato’s Protagoras. I argue that we can supplement the direct evidence for the technical tools available to Protagoras by comparing the Platonic parody of his method in Protagoras 339-41 and Aristophanes’ reworking of sophistic hermeneutics in the battle of the prologues in Frogs 1126-96. These results point to a positive interpretation of Protagorean hermeneutics\, even if its precise form remains beyond our grasp. \nA handout for the talk and additional material with bibliography is available for download. \nPlease register here to participate: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vMSUsfpOQ_qun6HnrNCpDg \nMonday 31 May\, 5.00pm (UK) / 7.00pm (Greece)
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/professor-charles-brittain-protagorean-hermeneutics/
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20200525T190000
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CREATED:20191210T080443Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Charles Brittain\, "Protagorean hermeneutics."
DESCRIPTION:Professor Charles Brittain (Cornell University)\, “Protagorean hermeneutics”
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/charles-brittain-title-tbc/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190528T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20190528T190000
DTSTAMP:20260517T000237
CREATED:20181206T103954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190424T042821Z
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SUMMARY:George Boys-Stones\, "The Rationality of the Stoic God"
DESCRIPTION:Professor George Boys-Stones (University of Durham)\, “The Rationality of the Stoic God”
URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/george-boys-stones-the-rationality-of-the-stoic-god/
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170525T193000
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CREATED:20180925T091705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T091756Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Anthony A. Long\, "Divinity in Plato's Politics"
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URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/professor-anthony-a-long-divinity-in-platos-politics-12/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160520T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160520T193000
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CREATED:20180925T091638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T091755Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Malcolm Schofield\, "Plato's Marionette"
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URL:https://www.bsa.ac.uk/events/professor-malcolm-schofield-platos-marionette-12/
LOCATION:British School at Athens\, Upper House\, 52 Souedias Street\, Athens\, Greece
CATEGORIES:Michael Frede Memorial lecture
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