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SUMMARY:CARE AND INDIFFERENCE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
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LOCATION:Swallowgate\, Butts Wynd\, Saint Andrews\, United Kingdom\, KY16 9AL
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>CARE AND INDIFFERENCE IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY</strong></p>\n<p>University of St Andrews\, School of Classics\, S03\, 5-6 May 2026. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The conference will investigate the notions of care and indifference in Ancient Philosophy\, broadly construed\, from Plato to post-Hellenistic Philosophical traditions. Papers will address a wide range of topics\, with particular attention to&nbsp\;how the notions of care and indifference shaped ethical\, theological\, cosmological\, and political thought in the ancient Greco-Roman world. &nbsp\; &nbsp\; <strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAMME</strong></p>\n<p><strong>5 May</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>14.00-14.15: Introductions</li>\n<li>14.15-14.45: Flora Nelson (Oxford) Caring about the Cicadas: Plato&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;<em>Phaedrus&nbsp\;</em>258e6-259d9</li>\n<li>14.45-15.15: Franti&scaron\;ek &Scaron\;pinka (Munich) Like Athletes Preparing for a Competition: Aristotle&rsquo\;s Notion of&nbsp\;<em>epimeleia&nbsp\;</em>and&nbsp\;<em>ameleia&nbsp\;</em>in the&nbsp\;<em>NE</em></li>\n<li>15.30-16.00: Cristiana Sessini (Oxford) Divine Justice and Human Evil. How Plato&rsquo\;s God Cares for Individuals and the Universe</li>\n<li>16.00-16.30: Simonas Baliukonis (Vilnius) Care as a strategy of&nbsp\;<em>homoiōsis theōi</em>: assimilation to the unidentified gods of the&nbsp\;<em>Phaedo</em></li>\n<li>16.45-17.45: (Keynote) Shaul Tor (KCL) Aristotle on the most god-loved human being: an open-ended suggestion</li>\n<li>18.30 onwards : Dinner &nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>6 May</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>10.00-10.30: Matteo Ferrari (Pisa) Ignoring Deities\, Fearing Humans: The Lucianic Play on Divine Presence between Stoicism and Epicureanism</li>\n<li>10.30-11.00: Fani Goutsiou&nbsp\;(Durham) Medea&rsquo\;s Ethical Mistake and Stoic Indifference</li>\n<li>11.15-12.15: (Keynote) Frisbee Sheffield (Cambridge) Plato and the Ethics of Care</li>\n<li>13.30-14.00: David Lepidi (St Andrews) Caring for the Vegetal World? Aristotle and Theophrastus on Plant Life and Human-Plant Relations</li>\n<li>14.00-14.30: Janset Cetinkaya (Nottingham) Aristotle on Maternal Care</li>\n<li>14.30-14.45: Closing Remarks &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>REGISTRATION</strong></p>\n<p>Please email&nbsp\;<u>sp283@st-andrews.ac.uk</u>&nbsp\;by 20 April if you plan to attend\, noting any dietary/access requirements. Please note that the dinner at the end of day 1 will be at your own expense. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This event is organized with the generous support of The Aristotelian Society\, of the Department of Philosophy and of the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Stefano Parrinello;CN=Mario Bison:
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