Platonic Summer Seminar 2022: Schedule

Day I 21.08.2022 16:00 Opening: Andrzej Serafin, Michał Bizoń 18:00 Introduction: Vittorio Hösle 19:00 Dinner Day II 22.08.2022: Being 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Seminar I: Plato TP 32; Meno 72e–73a; Euthydemus 11a–b; Phaedo 65d–e, 76d–77a, 78c–d, 92c, 101b–102a; Phaedrus 247c, 250bc; Politeia 509b; Sophist 244a, 246a-250e Szlezák, The Indefinite Dyad in Sextus Empiricus's Report and Plato's Parmenides Szlezák, Dyas Additional Readings: Szlezák, Theorie der Prinzipien Stead, Divine Substance, ch. II: Plato Herrmann, Words & Ideas: The Roots of Plato’s Philosophy, ch. 7: οὐσία Presentation: Rafał Katamay on Sophist 246a-250e 11:30 Seminar II: Aristotle Met XII 1-3, Met. XII 8, Met. VII Marx, The Ousiology, in: Introduction to Aristotle’s Theory of Being as Being Additional Readings: Marx, The Form and Meaning of Aristotelian Ousia Ricoeur, The Object of First Philosophy, in: Being, Essence, and Substance in Plato and Aristotle Grondin, The Horizons of First Philosophy Vigo, First Philosophy 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Seminar III: Heidegger Heidegger, Central concepts of Plato’s philosophy in the context of the understanding of Being and the question of Being (GA 22, § 49) Heidegger, The Discussion of the Contemporary Doctrines of ὄν. The γιγαντομαχία περί τῆς οὐσίας (246a-250e) (GA 19, § 67-69) Heidegger, Οὐσία as the Basic Concept of Aristotelian Philosophy (GA 18, § 7) Presentation: Silvia Fazzo on οὐσία in Plato and Heidegger 17:00 Lecture Janina Gajda-Krynicka on the Unity of τὸ ὄν and ἡ οὐσία in Plato 19:00 Dinner Day III 23.08.2022: Idea 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Seminar IV: Plato Phaidon 95b-10c; Parmenides 128e-136e; Ep. VII 342a-344d Szlezák, Ideenlehre Gadamer, Plato: Texte zur Ideenlehre Additional Readings: Friedländer, Eidos Szlezák, Die Entdeckung der Idee Ricoeur, “True Being” or the Idea; The Idea and the Divine, in: Being, Essence, and Substance in Plato and Aristotle Grondin, The Hypothesis of the Idea Agamben, The Thing Itself 11:30 Seminar V: Aristotle Aristotle, On Ideas (ed. Fine) Ricoeur, The Critique of Platonism, in: Being, Essence, and Substance in Plato and Aristotle 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Seminar VI: Heidegger Heidegger, Idea and Light; The Ideas as the Primordially Unhidden and Most Beingful of Beings; The Idea of the Good as the Highest Idea (GA 34, § 6, 9, 12) Heidegger, On the concept of the idea; Idea and light; The idea of the good and light as the yoke between seeing and the visible (GA 36-37, § 17, 18, 26, 27) 17:00 Lecture Bogdan Dembiński on the Theory of Ideas and Greek Science 19:00 Dinner Day IV 24.08.2022: Psyche 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Seminar VII: Plato Theaetetus 184b-186e; Phaedrus 246a-b, 254e-256a; Phaedo 81c-d, 115c-116a; Politeia 505d-e, 549c-550b, 571b-d, 588b-e, 611c-d Szlezák, Zehn kurze Beispiele platonischen Redens von der Psyche, in: Der Begriff ›Seele‹ als Mitte der Philosophie Platons Additional Readings: Dodds, Plato and the Irrational Soul Guthrie, Plato's views on the nature of the soul 11:30 Seminar VIII: Aristotle Aristotle, Dialogues, esp. Eudemus (ed. Barnes, Ross) Bos, Aristotle’s Eudemus as the Comprehensive Framework of His De Anima Bos, Why is Aristotle treated so differently from other Greek Philosophers Additional Readings: Bos, Aristotle's Psychology. Diagnosis of the need for a fundamental reinterpretation Bos, Aristotle's Psychology. The Traditional (hylomorphistic) Interpretation Refuted Bos, Aristotle's Definition of the Soul. Why Was it Misunderstood for Centuries 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Seminar IX: Heidegger Heidegger, Seminar on οὐσία in Aristotle’s De Anima 17:00 Colloquium on Heidegger’s De Anima Seminar Francisco Gonzalez, Alejandro Vigo, Mark Shiffman, Diego De Brasi, Erick Jimenez 19:00 Dinner Day V 25.08.2022: Time, Eternity, Immortality 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Seminar X: Plato Timaeus 37d-38c; Nomoi 894e–896b; Phaedrus 245c–246a; Phaedo 70c–72e, 72e–75c, 78b–80b, 102b–107b; Politeia 608c–611a Hippolytus, Refutatio I 19 Szlezák, Unsterblichkeitsbeweise, in: Theorie der Seele Gadamer, The Proofs of Immortality in Plato's Phaedo Additional Readings: Szlezák, Die Konstruktion der Weltseele; Seelenwanderung, in: Theorie der Seele Hermeias, Platonic Demonstration of the Immortality of the Soul Coomaraswamy, Time and Eternity, ch. III: Greece 11:30 Seminar XI: Aristotle Hippolytus, Refutatio I 20; VII 15-19 Bos, Aristotle's Philosophy according to Refutation I 20, 1-7 Bos, Aristotle in the Comprehensive Discussion of Refutation VII 15,1-19,9 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Seminar XII: Heidegger Heidegger, Translation of Met. XII 6, 1071 b 6-20 Heidegger, Temporality (GA 24, § 20) Additional Readings: Heidegger, Interpreting the being-there of Dasein in the awhileness of temporal particularity Heidegger, On the Essence and Concept of Physis Weiss, The Greek Conceptions of Time and Being in the Light of Heidegger's Philosophy 17:00 Lecture Diego De Brasi on the Timaeus 19:00 Dinner Day VI 26.08.2022: Space, Body, Pneuma 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Seminar XIII: Plato Timaeus 51a, 73b ff., 91a ff.; Cratylus 400c Szlezák, Eros, in: Theorie der Seele McEvilley, The Spinal Serpent Additional Readings: Sallis, Of the Χώρα Krell, Female Parts in "Timaeus" Algra, Concepts of Space in Plato's Timaeus 11:30 Seminar XIV: Aristotle De Anima II (esp. II 1 412b1-4; II 2 414a20-22; II 4 415b7-8) Bos, Pneuma as Quintessence of Aristotle's Philosophy Additional Readings: Bos, Aristotle on God's Life-Generating Power and on Pneuma as Its Vehicle, ch. 6-13 Bos, Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Instrumental Body of the Soul Bos, Aristotle’s De Anima II 1. Unsolved Questions Agamben, Aristotle's De Anima and the Division of Life 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Seminar XV: Heidegger Heidegger, Ontology of life and of Dasein Additional Readings: Heidegger, Being-There and Being-True According to Aristotle Derrida, Geschlecht: Sexual Difference, Ontological Difference Nancy, Fifty-eight Indices on the Body 17:00 Lecture Allegra De Laurentiis on Hegel's conception of the Aristotelian οὐσία 19:00 Dinner Day VII 27.08.2022: Epekeina 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Seminar XVI: Plato TP 21a, TP 52; Symposium 207b-212c; Politeia X Szlezák, Transzendenz Szlezák, Unsterblichkeit und Trichotomie der Seele im 10. Buch der Politeia Szlezák, Nieśmiertelność i trychotomia duszy w dziesiątej księdze Państwa Additional Readings: Friedländer, Beyond Being Natorp, Logos-Psyche-Eros Szlezák, Psyche-Polis-Kosmos Baracchi, "A tale was saved and not lost" (621 b): Vision at the End of the Visible 11:30 Seminar XVII: Aristotle De Anima III 4-5; Met. XII 9-10; De Mundo 6-7 Hegel, Translation of De Anima III.4-5 Hegel, Psychology of Aristotle Szlezák, Intellekt Additional Readings: Brentano, Of the Activity, Especially the Creative Activity, of Aristotle's God, in: The Psychology of Aristotle Chroust, Aristotle’s Religious Convictions Bos, Aristotle on God's Life-Generating Power and on Pneuma as Its Vehicle, ch. 1-4, 19 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Lecture Sonia Kamińska on the puzzle of νοῦς ποιητκός

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