Wed, May 17, 2017, 1:30 pm to Thu, May 18, 2017, 5:00 pm
Location:
301 Marx Hall
A Workshop convened by Jonathan Beere, Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at the UCHV and Professor of Ancient Philosophy and History of Knowledge at the Humboldt-Univerität zu Berlin and Melissa Lane, Director, UCHV and Class of 1943 Professor of Politics
Papers will not be pre-circulated.
Please contact Susan Winters (susanwinters@princeton.edu) to register.
| Wednesday May 17 | |
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| 1:30-3:30 PM | Jonathan Beere (Humboldt/Princeton): "Philosopher-Kings and the Possibility of the Ideal City in Plato's Republic" Chair: Benjamin Morison Comments by André Laks (Universidad Panamericana) |
| 3:30-4:00 PM | Tea |
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Zena Hitz (St. John's College, Annapolis): "Happiness and the Political Life in Aristotle" Chair: Hendrik Lorenz Comments by Allan Silverman (Ohio State University) |
| 6:00-6:30 PM | Reception |
| Thursday May 18 | |
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| 10:30-11:00 AM | Coffee available |
| 11:00 AM-1:00 PM | Melissa Lane (Princeton): "Placing Plato in the History of Liberty" Chair: Alexander Nehamas Comments by Panagiotis Dimas (Oslo/Princeton) |
| 1:00-2:30 PM | Lunch |
| 2:30-4:30 PM | Anders Dahl Sørensen (Copenhagen): "Plato and Aristotle on Office-Holding and the Rule of Law" Chair: Jonathan Beere Comments by Melissa Schwartzberg (NYU/Princeton) |
| 4:30-5:00 PM | Tea |