Theaetetus

Conference Report THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL PLATO SYMPOSIUM IN PRAGUE focused on Plato’s Theaetetus Since 1997, the Czech Plato Society (CPS) has been holding annually a conference on a particular Platonic dialogue. Every even year, the meeting brings together Czech scholars to discuss one of the “lesser” Platonic dialogues (the Meno in 1998, the Lysis in 2000, the Hippias Minor in 2002, the Charmides in 2004, and the Euthydemus in 2006). Every odd year, a larger conference on one of the more significant Platonic dialogues takes place with participation of experts from all over the world (the Republic and the Laws in 1997, the Phaedo in 1999, the Protagoras in 2001, the Parmenides in 2003, and the Symposium in 2005). All papers are subsequently collected in a proceedings volume and published by OIKOYMENH Publishers. The symposia take place in the representative Villa Llana, belonging to the Czech Academy of Sciences and [...]