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The Collegium Phaenomenologicum convenes for its 47th annual session in Città di Castello, Italy, July 7-25,2025. The terms by which ancient Greek intellectuals conceived of being born, living, and dying continue to exert profound influence on contemporary efforts to theorize the political valence of life. Collegium 2025 will take three central concepts as its focus, considering the lines and ruptures from genos to generation, from bios to biography, and from nekros to necroresistance, with special interest in Greek tragedy as a powerful s ..read more

 The Ancient Philosophy Society for the Study of Ancient Greek and Roman Thought (APS) was established to provide a forum for diverse scholarship on ancient Greek and Roman texts. Honoring the richness of the American and European philosophical traditions, the Ancient Philosophy Society supports phenomenological, postmodern, Anglo-American, Straussian, Tübingen School, hermeneutic, psychoanalytic, and feminist interpretations of ancient Greek and Roman philosophical and literary works. Papers on any topic in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy are . . . Read More ..read more

During the Renaissance, the Arts curriculum in universities was based almost exclusively on the teaching of Aristotle. With the revival of Plato, however, professors of philosophy started to deviate from the official syllabus and teach Plato’s dialogues. This collection of essays offers the first comprehensive overview of Platonic teaching in Italian Renaissance universities, from the establishment of a Platonic professorship at the university of Florence-Pisa in the late 15th century to the introduction of Platonic teaching in the schools and universities of Bologna, Padua, Venice, Pavia and ..read more

The essays collected in this volume focus on the Ancient Greeks’ perception of foreigners and of foreign lands as potential sources of knowledge. They aim at exploring the hypothesis that the most adventurous intellectuals saw foreign lands and foreigners as repositories of knowledge that the Greeks σοφοί had to engage with, in the hope of bringing back home valuables in the form of new ideas. It is a common place to state that the “Greeks” displayed xenophobia, which is probably best exemplified in the binary and ethnocentric division of humanity in two groups: the Greek world (i.e., the hell ..read more

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The Registration Link is now live for the 2024 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society in Toronto. Here is some useful travel information for the event: Transportation from Toronto Airports to Hotel: -There are two airports servicing the Toronto area:  Pearson International Airport (which is about a half hour’s car ride from downtown Toronto), and Billy Bishop Airport (which is within the city limits). -To get to the Chelsea Hotel from Pearson Airport, you can take a taxi, airport limo service, or the express train service.  Uber and Lyft cars can also be arranged.  -The expre ..read more

The booking link is ready for the upcoming 2024 meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society. We have a group block booking at the Chelsea Hotel, one block from the conference venue. The group rate applies from Wednesday April 3rd through to Saturday April 7th. There are two room types to choose from at that rate – One Queen or Two Doubles – and these can be booked using this Hotel Link. This automatically enters the group discount code (TMU040324).  Bookings can also be made by phone. Attendees can call the hotel directly, toll-free at 1-800-CHELSEA&n ..read more

SOUL AND LIFE brings together essays on Greek ontology, psychology, politics, and theories of soul in Socratic thought, Plato, Aristotle, and Herodotus. Among the included perspectives, there is the recognition in common that the soul (psyche) is not a mere hypostatization or reification of the object of cognitive studies. Instead, these essays attempt to understand the soul as distinguished by life itself and as setting out ways of being in the world. The essays in Part I focus on political psychology, pursue feminist themes, and engage with issues in ethics and education. Contributions in Pa ..read more