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Call for papers: Image and Imagination in Plato (Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 27–29, 2020)

Plato’s attitude towards images is ambiguous. On the one hand, there are unmistakable signs that he denounces the status of images. In the simile of the Line, he puts images in the lowest subsection. He criticizes image-makers such as poets and painters. One of his main criticisms of the sophists is also that they are image-makers. On the other hand, Plato’s dialogues are full of vivid images. He may even have thought that the use of images and imagination is an intermediate step and a necessary means for achieving the highest level of understanding. How should we account for this ambiguity? Traditional studies on Plato’s views of image and imagination have focused mainly on the Republic and the Sophist, especially on his negative treatments of images and image-makings in them. In recent decades, however, more attention has been given to his positive views both in these dialogues and in other [...]

Jonathan Greig2021-02-02T10:19:32+00:00Categories: Previous Conferences, Uncategorized|

The IPS at the APA Central Division—Virtually (Feb. 24, 2021)

The IPS will be holding a session (co-sponsored by the International Society for Socratic Studies) originally scheduled for the American Philosophical Association Central Division virtually on Zoom, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. If you would like to join the session, please register at the APA's site, and you will receive an invitation. For more information about the meeting, see the APA program page. Here is the schedule: I. Topic: Socrates Wednesday, February 24, 2020 at 7:00–10:00 PM CST (=GMT-6) Chair: Roslyn Weiss (Lehigh University) William Altman (Independent Scholar), "Xenophon and Plato: Back and Forth with the Two Greatest Socratics" Sophia Stone (Lynn University), "What Socrates Teaches" Hugh Benson (University of Oklahoma), “Socrates' Two technai"

Jonathan Greig2021-03-02T13:41:48+00:00Categories: Previous Conferences|

The IPS at the APA

The IPS at the APA The International Plato Society is pleased to sponsor sessions at all three meetings of the American Philosophical Association this academic year. Please come to our sessions if you at these meetings. Eastern APA, Philadelphia Wednesday January 8, 2020. 6:30-9:30PM Republic Chair: Debra Nails (Michigan State) Roslyn Weiss (Lehigh University) "Socrates and Thrasymachus on Perfect and Imperfect Injustice" Mary Townsend (St. John’s University [NY]) “Gymnastic Exercise in Plato’s Republic and Parmenides” Kristian Larsen (University of Bergen, Norway) “Seeing Double: Contemplation, Forms, and Action in Plato’s Republic” Renato Matoso (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) "Objects, Proportions and Clarity in the Divided Line" Richard Parry (Agnes Scott College) “Republic 9: Pleasure, Pain, Calm and the Philosophical Soul” Central APA Chicago February 27, 2020 9:00AM-12:00PM Socrates Co-organized by the International Society for Socratic Studies (ISSS) Chair: Donald Morrison (Rice University) Nicholas D. Smith (Lewis and Clark College) “Socrates [...]

Olivier RENAUT2020-01-06T23:19:11+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

Plato’s Gorgias - XIIth Symposium Platonicum Pragense Prague, Villa Lanna Praha 6, V Sadech 1 - November 13–15, 2019 Wednesday, 13th of November 14:00–15:00 : Kryštof Boháček (Prague) | Ethical or aesthetic criterion in Gorg. 447a-448e and 523a-527e? Two underlying concepts of kosmos 15:15–16:15 : Vladimír Mikeš (Prague) | Is ethically neutral rhetoric (460c-461a) a real option for Plato and if not why? 17:30–19:00 : Public Key Note Lecture: Michael Erler (Würzburg) | Socrates and the weakness of the strong man: The rhetoric of the true politician Thursday, 14th of November 09:30–10:30 : Panos Dimas (Oslo) | Justice, happiness and desire in the Gorgias 10:45–11:45 : Tushar Irani (Middletown) | Socrates’ great speech in the Gorgias 12:00–13:00 : Naly Thaler (Jerusalem) | Socrates and Callicles on pleasure and intrinsic value 15:00–16:00 : Marie-Pierre Noël (Paris) | De l’Amphion d’Euripide au Socrate de Platon: la construction de l’héroïsme philosophique dans [...]

Olivier RENAUT2019-11-13T18:54:25+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|

Book available for review in Plato Journal

Books available for review. Thomas A. Szlezák. 2020. Aufsätze zur griechischen Literatur und Philosophie. Academia Verlag. Erotique et politique chez Platon, Erôs, genre et sexualité dans la cité platonicienne, Sous la direction de Luc Brisson et Olivier Renaut, 2017. 276 S. 29,50 EUR. 15,5 x 22,5 cm. 978-3-89665-725-1, Internet: http://www.academia-verlag.de/titel/69725.htm Robinson, Thomas M., The Other Olympians, Philosophers and Poets at the Ancient Greek Games, 352 S. 29,80 EUR. 15,5 x 22,5 cm. 978-3-89665-704-6, Internet: http://www.academia-verlag.de/titel/69704.htm Reflections on Plato’s Poetics, Edited by Rick Benitez & Keping Wang, 2016, Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-9945418-0-2 (hardback), 978-0-9945418-1-9 (eBook) Please send an email to platoreviews@platosociety.org for queries.

Olivier RENAUT2020-05-15T14:09:58+00:00Categories: Announcements|

IPS Regional Meeting Report : “Forming the Soul: Plato and his Opponents” (20-22 April 2018, Taipei, Taiwan)

“Forming the Soul: Plato and his Opponents” 20~22 April 2018, Taipei The 2nd Asia Regional Meeting of the International Plato Society International Conference The International Conference “Forming the Soul: Plato and his Opponents” was held from 20th to 22nd April 2018 in Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan. The conference was endorsed by the International Plato Society as a Regional Meeting, and supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. The conference received warm helps from international friends, including our Korean and Japanese IPS members, and local backing from the colleagues and students in the Department of Philosophy of Chinese Culture University, and other Taiwanese scholars who were doing ancient philosophy and history, and those who specialized in other fields but were friendly and helping to this Platonic event. The conference was the first formal academic activity of the International [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-09-05T13:23:21+00:00Categories: Announcements, Regional meetings, Regional reports|

Symposium Platonicum XII – Plato’s Parmenides – Call for papers

Call for papers - Symposium Platonicum XII Plato’s Parmenides Paris, July 15th-20th 2019 The International Plato Society organizes a symposium on a single Platonic dialogue every three years. We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the XII Symposium Platonicum: Plato’s Parmenides. The Symposium will take place July 15–20, 2019, in Paris. Although the dialogue has been the object of intense scholarly scrutiny, many issues remain to be explored. Submissions on any aspect of the dialogue, including its presocratic sources as well as later reception, will be considered. We also would like to encourage papers that address issues in the dialogue’s second half since it has received relatively less attention. We welcome abstracts from all IPS members, full and associate. If you are not yet a member of the International Plato Society, criteria for membership and information about joining are available at: https://platosociety.org/membership/. Length Papers should be [...]

Olivier RENAUT2020-05-25T10:19:24+00:00Categories: Announcements, Previous Conferences, Symposium Platonicum, Symposium Platonicum XII|

Conrado Eggers Lan Prize – 2nd edition

International Plato Society Best Dissertation on Plato “Conrado Eggers Lan” Prize Call for submissions Conrado Eggers Lan was Ancient Philosophy Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires, Heidelberg and Autónoma de México (UNAM). Co-founder of the International Plato Society and host of the First Symposium Platonicum held in Mexico City in 1986. In accordance with its mission to promote Platonic studies throughout the world as well as communication between scholars of diverse disciplines working on Plato and the publication of books and series on Plato, the International Plato Society is glad to announce the 2nd edition of the Conrado Eggers Lan Prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of Platonic studies. We invite submissions of dissertations that resulted in the award of the Ph.D. degree between January 1, 2014, and July 31, 2018. The submissions will be judged by a special committee appointed by the IPS Editorial [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-14T13:34:16+00:00Categories: Announcements, Conrado Eggers Lan Prize|

April 20th-22th // “Forming the Soul : Plato and his Opponents” – 2nd Asia Regional Meeting of the IPS

The 2nd Asia Regional Meeting of the International Plato Society International Conference “Forming the Soul: Plato and his Opponents” This conference will be the first academic activity of the International Plato Society taking place in Taiwan (and in the Chinese-speaking world). The conference will be hosted in Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, from 20th to 22nd April 2018. More information and the last version of the program are available at https://sites.google.com/view/ips-asia-2018 There will be three invited speeches: Debra Nails (Michigan State University) : Forms and the Psyche Nickolas Pappas (City College and Graduate Center, CUNY) : What Becomes of a Soul: Hope for a Philosophical City in the Myth of Er Noburu Notomi (Tokyo University; IPS ex-president) : Why Soul Matters: Reconsidering the Philosophical Contexts of Plato’s On Soul And the selected papers contributed by scholars from Asia and other regions: [metaphysics & epistemology] Liliana Carolina [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-14T13:19:23+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Regional meetings|

May 31st-June 2nd // Platonic Dialectic – Inquiry Into the Nature of Things (Bergen)

Platonic Dialectic – Inquiring Into the Nature of Things May 31st – June 2nd, 2018 Conference under the DICTUM project, University of Bergen, Norway (To attend the conference, please register with Kirsten.Bang@uib.no no later than May 10th) Thursday, May 31st 10.00-10.15 Welcome 10.15-11.15 Vasilis Politis (Trinity College Dublin), Dialectic versus epistemology in regard to Plato 11.15-11.45 Discussion 11.45-13.00 Lunch 13.00-13.45 Evan Rodriguez (Idaho State University), A Long Lost Relative in the Parmenides? Plato’s Family of Dialectical Methods 13.45-14.15 Discussion 14.15-14.30 Break 14.30-15.15 Vivil Valvik Haraldsen (University of Oslo), What does dialectic tell us about reason in the Republic? 15.15-15.45 Discussion 15.45-16.00 Break 16.00-16.45 Pauline Sabrier (Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai campus), The role of the ti esti question in Plato’s Sophist 16.45-17.15 Discussion Friday, June 1st 9.00-10.00 Walter Mesch (Universität Münster), Between Variety and Unity. How to deal with Plato’s Dialectic? 10.00-10.30 Discussion 10.30-10.45 Break 10.45-11.30 Marilena Vlad (University of Bucharest, Al. Dragomir Institute) Dialectic and Philosophical [...]

Olivier RENAUT2018-04-02T18:09:37+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events|