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In memoriam Denis O’Brien (1936-2026)

In memoriam Denis O’Brien (1936-2026) Denis O’Brien, scomparso pochi giorni fa nel suo castello in Francia (era nato nel 1936), è stato una delle figure più luminose negli studi nella storia della filosofia antica della seconda metà del XX secolo e dei primi decenni del XXI, cui ha dedicato studi fondamentali e originali. Formatosi al Trinity College di Cambridge con W. K. C. Guthrie, quindi Fellow del Gonville and Caius College della stessa Università, poi ricercatore e direttore di ricerca nel CNRS in Francia, prima presso il Centre Léon Robin, in seguito, fino al pensionamento, nel Centre Jean Pépin, ha scritto opere decisive su Empedocle (Empedocles’ cosmic cycle. A reconstruction from the fragments and secondary sources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1969, riedito nel 2009; Pour interpréter Empédocle, Les Belles Lettres, Paris; Brill, Leiden 1981), su Parmenide (Études sur Parménide, publiées sous la direction de P. Aubenque, Tome I: Le [...]

aristippus2026-10-08T22:10:12+00:00Categories: Announcements, Just published|

Newsletter 2025-2028 I

Dear All, After a successful Symposium in Madrid, the following team has assumed their functions in the Executive Committee President: Raúl Gutiérrez (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Lima) Vice-Presidents: Irmgard Männlein (Universität Tübingen), Elisabetta Cattanei (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano) ExPresident: Beatriz Bossi (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) At the General Assembly held in Madrid, Elisabetta Cattanei was elected as the next President of the IPS. The Assembly accepted her proposal to make the Apology the theme of the next conference to be held in Milan (2031). As Regional Representatives were elected: Representative for Europe: Vasilis Polittis (Trinity College, Dublin) Representative for Europe: Pauline Sabrier (Université de Fribourg, Suisse) Representative for North America: Francisco González (University of Ottawa) Representative for Latin America: Claudia Marsico (Universidad de Buenos Aires) Representative for Asia, Australia, and Africa: Ikko Tanaka (J. F. Oberlin University) The regional representatives join the Executive Committee along with our [...]

aristippus2026-08-14T15:53:54+00:00Categories: Announcements, IPS Newsletter, Just published|

Mid-term Meeting IPS, Neapoli, Lasithi (Crete), June 22–25, 2027

Plato on Law and Writing Mid-term Meeting IPS, Neapoli, Lasithi (Crete), June 22–25, 2027 Plato’s relation with writing is intriguing and complex. He appears to be the first thinker to theorize the connection between writing on one hand and knowledge and human agency on the other. At the same time, he is the first author not only to experiment with sophisticated literary techniques but also to thematize the possibilities of the written text to produce and transmit knowledge, and its limits to convey meaning. The relationship between writing and law is thematized, too, in the dialogues—and perhaps connected with the rise of the “epigraphic habit” in Greece, as exemplified by early texts in Crete (Gortyn Law Code, Dreros Inscription). Proposed sub-themes: Writing and memory in Plato The technology of writing Plato's Socrates on orality versus literacy Written and unwritten law Plato and the history/archaeology of law in Crete Interested parties [...]

aristippus2026-07-20T19:06:20+00:00Categories: Announcements, Call for papers, Event Announcements, Just published, Uncategorized|

10th Platonic Summer Seminar: Plato and ἀλήθεια (August 3–9, 2026)

10th Platonic Summer Seminar: Plato and ἀλήθεια (August 3–9, 2026) We are pleased to announce the 10th Platonic Summer Seminar in Lanckorona, Poland, devoted this year to Plato and ἀλήθεια. The keynote speakers are Prof. Klaus Corcilius of the University of Tübingen, Prof. Irad Kimhi, and Prof. Matthias Haase of the University of Chicago. The seminar will explore the notion of ἀλήθεια in Plato, with particular attention to Theaetetus, Sophist, Republic, as well as the concept of truth in Aristotle, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and Frege. For further information, please consult the website https://platon.up.krakow.pl/ FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/949335744521777/

aristippus2026-06-29T17:47:26+00:00Categories: Announcements, Event Announcements, Just published|

The Athens MA in Ancient Philosophy – Call for Applications

aristippus2026-04-29T21:39:55+00:00Categories: Announcements, Just published, Other Announcements|

Fifty Years of Studies on Greek Thought Proceedings of the International Conference in Honour of Livio Rossetti

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to tell you that on next April 21, 2026 at 3 pm (15:00) CEST Michel Narcy (CNRS, Centre Léon Robin) and Francesco Fronterotta (Sapienza Università di Roma) will present to the public the volume: Fifty Years of Studies on Greek Thought Proceedings of the International Conference in Honour of Livio Rossetti Edited by: G. Ranocchia, Ch. Rowe †, M. Tulli Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2025 The event will be broadcast on the Web through Microsoft Teams at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/327006289397677?p=MSpPeMhK0Z5PZtfOMn. Poster, Flyer and Preliminary Materials are attached hereto. Colleagues, students and friends are welcome to attend. The present volume collects the speeches given by renowned scholars during the International Conference Fifty Years of Studies on GreekThought in honour of Livio Rossetti (Perugia and Bevagna, Italy, 18–20 September 2023). It is divided into four parts devoted respectively to the Presocratics, Eleatism, Plato, Socrates and the Socratic schools, and includes the laudatio pronounced by [...]

aristippus2026-04-29T21:36:12+00:00Categories: Announcements, Event Announcements, Just published|

I Jornada de Estudos Platônicos da USP

Dear Members, We would like to inform you of the upcoming I Jornada de Estudos Platônicos da USP, to be held from 12-13March 2026. You can find the details in the brochure. Best wishes, The IPS’ Team

aristippus2026-03-08T16:26:30+00:00Categories: Announcements, Events, Just published|

In memoriam Gabriela Carone (1964-2026)

Gabriela Carone was known for her influential work in ancient Greek philosophy, especially on Plato’s moral psychology, ethics, and cosmology. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy at King’s College London in 1995 under the direction of Richard Sorabji, after obtaining her BA at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She won a British Council Award for her doctoral studies and received a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2004. She spent one year at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University as a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow (2003-4), followed by another year at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies (2004-5). In addition to many influential articles in recognized ancient philosophy journals, such as Phronesis and Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, she is the author of Plato’s Cosmology and Its Ethical Dimensions (Cambridge University Press, [...]

aristippus2026-02-27T13:32:19+00:00Categories: Just published, Other Announcements, Uncategorized|

Tübinger Platon-Tage 2026

Dear Members, We would like to inform you of the upcoming Tübinger Platon-Tage 2026, to be held at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen from 9–11 April 2026 (Philologisches Seminar, Wilhelmstr. 36, 72074 Tübingen). This year’s theme, Platon und die Täuschung (“Plato and Deception”), will explore various dimensions of illusion, falsehood, pseudo-knowledge, and misperception in Plato’s dialogues, with contributions from international scholars. The conference is organized by Irmgard Männlein and Klaus Corcilius. Best wishes, The IPS' Team

aristippus2026-02-12T15:25:36+00:00Categories: Announcements, Event Announcements, Events, Just published|

Book Publication: ΠΛΑΤΩΝ: Η Άρρητη και Άγραφη Φιλοσοφία, by Georgios Koumakis

Dear Members, We would like to inform you of the recent publication of the book ΠΛΑΤΩΝ: Η Άρρητη και Άγραφη Φιλοσοφία, by Georgios Koumakis. The volume addresses the question of Plato’s “unwritten” philosophy and revisits the longstanding discussion concerning the relationship between the dialogues and the doctrines attributed to the Academy. Those interested in the topic may wish to take note of this new contribution to Platonic scholarship. Best wishes! The IPS' Team

aristippus2026-02-12T15:12:37+00:00Categories: Announcements, Just published|