Poetry and Philosophy in the light of Plato鈥檚 Symposium
Thursday, June 7th and Friday 8th, 2012; room 208/209 (second floor) at Sydnesplassen 12/13
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PROGRAMME
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Thursday 7th. | Friday 8th. |
09.00 鈥� 09.15 Opening by Vigdis Songe-M酶ller, Project leader. 听 09.15 - 11.15听 Keynote lecture by Drew A. Hyland: The whole Comedy and Tragedy of Aristophanes鈥� Speech. 听 11.15 - 12.30听 Hayden Ausland: Poetry v. Philosophy in Plato鈥檚 听Symposium. 听 听 12.30 鈥� 13.15 Lunch break 听 13.15 鈥� 14.30 Elena Irrera: An Eulogy of the Dialogue Form? Beauty and Philosophical Progression in Plato鈥檚 Symposium. 听 14.45 鈥� 16.00 Knut 脜gotnes: Competing with the Encomiasts. How Socrates Tries to Praise Eros in a Non-rhetorical Way. | 09.00 鈥� 10.15 Kristin Sampson: The Philosophical Significance of the Figure of Diotima. 听 听 10.15 鈥� 11.30 Cynthia Freeland: Eryximachus鈥� Speech and Presocratic Thought. Love as Cosmic Harmony. 听 11.30 鈥� 12.45: Kristian Larsen: The Love of the Beloved - Phaedrus and Agathon on the Power of Eros. 听 12.45 -听 13.15 Lunch break 听 13.15 鈥� 14.30 Erik Christensen: The Socratic Conception of the Good Life in the Symposium. 听 听 14.45 -听 16.00 Amund B酶rdahl: "A Renaissance Symposion on the Symposium: Ficino鈥檚 De amore. 听 |
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The symposion is free and open to all.
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NB! Registration to: Kirsten Bang (kirsten.bang@fof.uib.no) before June 1st.