Disc with the symbols of the nine Muses and Mnemosyne, wikimedia commons Philosophy Seminar Professor Alex Long (University of St Andrews), "Platonic protreptic and the unity of the Phaedrus" Abstract: Plato's Phaedrus is widely regarded as the first expression in the Greek and Roman traditions of the view that literary compositions should possess 'organic' unity. And […]
Atlantis https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_landscape_of_Atlantis.jpg Philosophy Seminar Professor Alex Long (University of St Andrews), "The city-cosmos contrast in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias" Abstract: Plato’s Timaeus and Critias offer a puzzling combination of cosmology and the political quasi-history of ancient Athens and Atlantis. Previous discussions have taken Plato’s aim to be naturalizing the political theory or likening political lawgivers […]
Philosophy Seminars Prof. David Charles (Yale), "Hylomorphism and Human Thought: some issues in Aristotle’s De Anima" At the Elli Lambridis Philosophical Library, 9 Ypsilantou Str., Kolonaki
Philosophy Seminars Prof. David Charles (Yale), "Memory holds the door: Aristotle on Memory"
Webinar Prof. Malcolm Schofield, "Aristotle on what makes a community a proper community: the ideal and the practicable" ‘The best politieia for most cities and most people’ (Pol. 4.11) Organised in collaboration with the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy of the Academy of Athens Handout 1: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Athens-Seminar-2-–-abstract.pdf Handout 2: https://www.bsa.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Athens-Seminar-2-–-texts.pdf Webinar registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FBGNbm0bTviCPHfIBYN06g
Webinar Prof. Malcolm Schofield, "Aristotle on what makes a community a proper community: the ideal and the practicable" 'Aristotle’s idea of a politeia' (Pol. 3.6) Organised in collaboration with the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy of the Academy of Athens Note: those attending the webinar must have copies of texts and/or translations of Aristotle's Politics to […]
Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum Dr John Sellars (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Renaissance’ Abstract The Renaissance saw the rise of a group of intellectuals, interested in a wide range of subjects, often labelled ‘Humanists’. These figures have sometimes been derided by historians of philosophy […]
Dr John Sellars (Royal Holloway, University of London), 'Aristotle and Philosophy as a Way of Life' Abstract Pierre Hadot famously stated that in antiquity philosophy was understood primarily as a way of life. At first glance, it is far from clear that Aristotle understood philosophy in this way. If Aristotle turned out not to fit […]
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "Issues in Epicurean philosophy of mind and science: The method of multiple explanations in Epicureanism" Abstract I intend to examine an original and important feature of Epicurean science, namely the method of multiple explanations. The Epicureans claim that, in certain contexts, several alternative explanatory hypotheses may be advanced which may prove […]
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "Issues in Epicurean philosophy of mind and science: The Epicurean notion of ‘επιβολή'" Abstract The surviving writings of Epicurus and his followers contain several references to epibolê - a puzzling notion that does not receive discussion in the extant Epicurean texts, even though it is known to have been debated within […]
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "Socrates and Critias debate the techne analogy. The Argument from Relatives' (Charm. 167c8-169c2)" Co-organized by the BSA and the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy (Academy of Athens)
Professor Voula Tsouna (University of California), "The techne analogy, the Argument from Benefit' (Charm. 169c3-175a8), and its aftermath in the Republic" Co-organized by the BSA and the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy (Academy of Athens)
Professor Sarah Broadie (University of St. Andrews), "Putting mathematics in its place in Plato’s Republic" The discussion will centre on two questions: (a) what to make of the inferiority of mathematics to dialectic (the main locus for this is the Divided Line in Book VI)? And (b) what is the real purpose of the mathematical […]
Professor Sarah Broadie (University of St Andrews), "What has Plato's Divided Line to do with his Sun-image of the good?" We know from the text that there is a close connection, but Plato leaves us with the task of working out exactly what it is. The explanation involves (of course) the so called dialectical method, […]
