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

Plato’s Lysis: A Virtual Conference Jointly Sponsored by The Ancient Philosophy Society for the Study of Ancient Greek and Roman Thought and The International Plato Society (Asia, Africa, and Australia Regions) June 13-14, 2024 We are pleased to solicit abstracts for a conference jointly sponsored by the Ancient Philosophy Society and the International Plato Society, to be held remotely from June 13-14, 2024. The purpose of this meeting is to foster dialogue between scholars in Asia-Oceania and their colleagues across the globe (Europe, Africa, and The Americas), so submissions from diverse cu ..read more

For Martin Heidegger, our inherited traditions provide the concepts through which we make our world intelligible. Concepts we can also oppose, disrupt, and even exceed. First, however, if Western philosophy is our inheritance, we must submit it to Destruktion —starting with Aristotle. Heidegger and the Destruction of On How to Read the Tradition presents a new conception of Heidegger’s “destruction” as a way of reading. Situated between Nietzschean genealogy and Derridean deconstruction, this method uncovers in Aristotle the most vital originating articulations of the Western tradition and giv ..read more

Please join us on Zoom from 1:00-2:30pm EDT (UTC-4) on Friday, September 15th to hear some of what’s up and coming in Ancient Philosophy! The Ancient Philosophy Society is holding a Zoom panel featuring graduate students working in ancient philosophy. Each participant will spend 10-15 minutes to present some of their current work, with time for Q&A after each presentation. Topics include: Aristotle’s teleology, recollection in Aristotle, weaving in Plato’s Statesman, and the role of metaphor in philosophical thinking. Please see the attached flyer for more info. Zoom link for the even ..read more