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Call for papers : Koinonia in Plato’s Philosophy (Online – July 19-23, 2021)

July 19-23, 2021 - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru - Lima, Peru [ONLINE – due to pandemic restrictions] Koinonia in Plato's Philosophy International Plato Society Mid-Term Meeting / Call for abstracts Plato uses the term "Koinonia" in a wide variety of important ways. It signifies the relation of the forms with each other as well as the relation we can have with them, but also both relations between individual people and between individual and the community as a whole. Although this term has been the object of intense scholarly scrutiny, many issues remain to be explored. We will consider abstracts on any aspect of the subject, including the metaphysical, epistemological, social, and ethical dimensions of koinonia. Submission guidelines: Please submit title and abstract of 500 words (max.), double-spaced, 12 pt type, formatted for anonymous review. Name, Paper Title, Affiliation, Postal address, email address, included as an attachement in the email to [...]

Olivier RENAUT2021-06-29T19:36:51+00:00Categories: Announcements, Regional meetings|

The IPS at the APA—Virtually (June 24 and 30, 2020)

The IPS will hold the two sessions originally scheduled for the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division virtually on Zoom. Although the entire meeting of the APA was cancelled, we have managed to find times when all the participants in each session could be present at their session. Because we are truly an international organization and because reason cannot fully overcome necessity, many of our members around the world will not be able to participate in one or both sessions. We must also limit the number of participants to make the Zoom group manageable. If you would like to join the session, please register by sending an email to president@platosociety.org, and you will receive an invitation. Here is the schedule: I. Plato's Late Dialogues: Metaphysics Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 1:00-3:00PM EDT (=GMT-4) Chair: Georgia Mouroutsou (University of Western Ontario) Tom Tuozzo (University of Kansas), "The Being of the One that [...]

Jonathan Greig2021-02-02T14:09:18+00:00Categories: Previous Conferences|

West Coast Plato Workshop (May 14-16, 2021)

This year, the 2021 West Coast Plato Workshop will be hosted by Northern Arizona University's Department of Philosophy. The focus of this year's Workshop is Plato's Sophist, with topics on: the greatest Kinds and their interrelations; the definitions of sophistry; and the Stranger's method of doing philosophy. For workshop details and registration, head over to: www.nau.edu/cal/plato. List of speakers and their topics: Keynote: Mary Louise Gill (Brown University): "Images of the Philosopher in the Sophist" Xin Liu (Nanjing University, China): “Koinōnia Megistōn Genōn: From the Exercise of One-Many in the Parmenides to the Exercise of Being-Nonbeing in the Sophist" Comments by Benjamin Keoseyan (University of Arizona) Pauline Sabrier (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany): “Change, Rest and Greatest Kinds in Plato’s Sophist” Comments by Chris Buckels (Junípero Serra High School, San Mateo, California) Colin C. Smith (University of Colorado Boulder): “Being as Communion: Sophist 248b2-8” Comments by Timothy Clarke (University of California Berkeley) Jan Szaif [...]

Jonathan Greig2021-06-29T19:35:31+00:00Categories: Announcements, Previous Conferences|

In memoriam Hans Richarz (1924-2020)

Hans Richarz, born 11 October 1924, Sankt Augustin, Germany, died in the same place, 7 April 2020. During the VII Symposium Platonicum at Würzburg from 26 to 31 July 2004, the General Assembly of the International Plato Society approved unanimously that Dr. Richarz be awarded the first Honorary Membership of the Society, which he accepted, remaining to date the only such recipient. Hans Richarz was the founder of Academia Verlag. On the initiative of Livio Rossetti and Rafael Ferber, he agreed in 1990 to publish the Proceedings of the Symposia Platonica and other books on Plato in the newly founded series «International Plato Studies» in the Academia Verlag, St. Augustin, Germany, now an imprint of Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden. Since 1990, there have been 39 published volumes. Among them are the proceedings of the Symposia Platonica, as well as dissertations and the works of leading Plato scholars of different orientations. From [...]

Jonathan Greig2023-12-26T13:54:35+00:00Categories: Announcements, Other Announcements, Other Announcements [Sticky Posts]|

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|