Download poster In the hands of Roman authors, Platonic philosophy is not a set of literal translations of Plato’s dialogues; they are works of interpretation, transformation, and genuine philosophy. Our workshop—Plato in Roman Philosophy—explores the dynamic relationship between the two: how do the conceptual, linguistic, social and institutional paradigms of our Roman authors ‘translate’ Plato […]

Rareş Marinescu joins us this year from Leuven as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Classics. He starts our Proseminar season with a talk on "Aristotle on Platonic Efficient Causes"

Following the first Proseminar of the year.

Join us for a talk by Christian Pfeiffer on "Categories in H.2".

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Session I (4:30 – 6:30) Chair: Jennifer Hart Weed (University of New Brunswick) Pasquale Porro (University of Turin): “How does God’s Knowledge Differ from Tiresias’ Oracles? Revisiting Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, Book V” Commentator: Martin Pickavé (University of Toronto) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Session II (10:00 – 12:00) Chair: Thérèse-Anne Druart (Catholic University […]

Peter King (Philosophy/CMS) will discuss "Abelard on Naming, Saying, and Truthmaking". If possible, please have a look at these texts beforehand

Rachel Barney will lead discussion on 'Protagoras and the History of Dialectic' . Optional preparatory reading: Plato’s Parmenides up to 130a and/or Diogenes Laertius IX.50-56  

Join the Philosophy Department for a two-day workshop on the 16th-century Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian Francisco Suárez (1548-1617). It will examine various aspects of Suárez’s philosophy, a scholastic philosopher working at the crossroads of late medieval and early modern philosophy. Jean-Pascal Anfray (École normale supérieure, Paris), "Suárez on matter, quantity and three kinds of […]

We welcome Simon Trépanier (Edinburgh University; PhD Toronto) back to give a talk on: The Unity of Empedocles' Thought: Re-Editing Section d of the Strasbourg Papyrus.  Abstract. In this talk I will propose a new edition of section d of the Strasbourg papyrus of Empedocles’ poem On Nature, lines d 1-10 in particular. As was recognized […]

Join us for a talk by Mark Johnstone (McMaster University): "The Epicurean Division of Desires"

James Allen (Philosophy) talks about "Aristotle, Dialectic and Philosophy"

Professor Pasquale Porro (visiting us from the University of Turin) will give a presentation entitled: Souls on Fire. A brief philosophical history of hellfire.

George Boys-Stones will present work in progress on the 'chariot' image of the soul in Plato's Phaedrus. (This session replaces one by Tommaso De Robertis which unfortunately has had to be cancelled - we hope to reschedule it later in the year!)

We welcome Boris Hennig (TMU) to speak to us on "Aristotle on Ownership"

The second in our workshop series Philosophy in the Roman Mediterranean will address the challenge of coordinating evidence for philosophical activity which is historically located but theoretically conservative with evidence for theoretical activity that is innovative but hard to locate historically. Speakers include: Bram Demulder (Leiden University) Tiziano Dorandi (CNRS, Paris) Paul Du Plessis (University […]

CSAMP Proseminar Talk

This is an upcoming job talk for the open position in Classical Islamic Philosophy. For more information about the speaker see: https://works.bepress.com/jon-mcginnis/. The talk will also be accessible via Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83468869556.

This is an upcoming job talk for the open position in Classical Islamic Philosophy. For more information about the speaker see: https://as.tufts.edu/classicalstudies/people/faculty/riccardo-strobino. The talk will also be accessible via Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83468869556.

Programme (updated) Friday, March 8 Chair: Joseph Gerbasi 9:30  Anna Marmodoro (Durham), Augustine on Creation 11:00 Gretchen Reydams-Schils (Notre Dame), Augustine’s De Ordine -- lunch -- Chair: Lloyd Gerson 3:00 Stephen Menn (McGill / Berlin), Plotinus, Victorinus, Augustine 4:30 Sarah Byers (Boston College), Trinitarian metaphysics in the Confessions: Marius Victorinus and the Neoplatonic triad ‘being, […]

This is an upcoming job talk for the open position in Classical Islamic Philosophy. For more information about the speaker see: https://univ-amu.academia.edu/olgaluciaLizzini. The talk will also be accessible via Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83468869556.

All welcome! Prof. Mann will discuss Arrian's prefatory letter to his edition of Epictetus, and Discourses 1.1. Materials are available here (UofT users only: others who expect to attend and would like access, please contact csamp@utoronto.ca).

Saturday, April 20 9:30-11:30 Léa Derome, “The Perceptual Mean of DA II 11” With comments by Alexander de Guzman 11:45-1:15 Mark A. Johnstone, “Aristotle and the Primary/Secondary Quality Distinction” 2:30-4:30 Ashley Attwood, “Mapping Out the Philosophical Landscape: The Task of De anima 1.2” With comments by Faisal Bhabha 4:45-6:15 Jessica Gelber and Emily Kress, “Living, […]