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Ancient Pseudepigraphy and the Anchors of Philosophical Innovation

From:Th 17-02-2022
Until:Fr 18-02-2022
Where:Utrecht (Online)

Organizers: Albert Joosse (UU) and Teun Tieleman (UU).

Programme

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH

14:00 – 14:10

Albert Joosse (Universiteit Utrecht): Introduction

14:15 – 15:00

Keynote I: Annette Merz (Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, Groningen)

Personal letters from philosophers: authentic or pseudepigraphic?

15:15 – 16:00

Gina White (University of Kansas)

Democritus the Cynic? Familiar Characters and Novel Philosophy in the Pseudo-Hippocratic Letters

16:15 – 17:00

Julien Decker (Université de Rouen Normandie)

The Need for Theory in the Cynic Pseudepigraphic Letters

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH

14:10

Welcome to day 2

14:15 – 15:00

Bob van Velthoven (Universiteit Leiden)

Philosophical Innovation with Plato’s Socrates as anchor in the pseudo-Platonic Hipparchus

15:15 – 16:00

Giovanni Trovato (Università di Pisa)

Ocellus of Lucania and the eternity of the universe

16:15 – 17:00

Keynote II: Angela Ulacco (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

The origin of Platonic hylomorphism: Ps.-Timaeus Locrus and the appropriation of Aristotle for the Pythagorean-Platonic tradition

Registration

To participate and receive the MS Teams link, please email L.A.Joosse uu.nl by February 16th.