Prof. Dr. Heinrich Meier
\n\nDirector of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation\, Munich
\n\nProfessor of Philosophy\, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
\n\nDistinguished Visiting Professor\, the Committee on Social Thought\, University of Chicago
\n\n\n\nFriday\, April 25\, 2014\, 4:00 p.m.\, Higgins Hall\, Room 300
\n\n\n\nDiscussant: Prof. Charles Griswold\, Boston University
\n\n\n\nDinner &\; Discussion to follow in the McElroy Faculty Dining Rm.
\n\n\n\nRSVP to karina.ovalles@bc.edu by 4/18\, if you plan to attend the dinner.
\n\n\n\nHeinrich Meier is the present director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich. \; He is a Professor of Philosophy at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich and is the Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. \; He was awarded the inaugural Peregrinus Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences\, in 1997. \; He taught in the Political Science department at Boston College as a visiting professor\, in the fall of 2003. \; Heinrich Meier&rsquo\;s publications include his latest book\, Politische Philosophie und die Herausforderung der Offenbarungs-religion (2013) and Ü\;ber das Glü\;ck des philosophischen Lebens. Reflexionen zu Rousseaus Rê\;veriesin zwei Bü\;chern[On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life. Reflections on Rousseau&rsquo\;s Rê\;veries in two books] (2011). \;A full CV for Henrich Meier is available at https://socialthought.uchicago.edu/sites/socialthought.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/HeinrichMeier.pdf.
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\nCharles Griswold is the Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He earned his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1978. Professor Griswold's research interests include Ancient Philosophy\, Moral and Political Philosophy\, 18th century philosophy\, philosophy and literature\, and metaphilosophy. He is the co-editor\, with David Konstan\, of Ancient Forgiveness: Classical\, Judaic\, and Christian\; Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration\, Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment\; and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus. For more information on Professor Griswold\, please visit his Boston University webpage at http://blogs.bu.edu/griswold/
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