BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260610T032407Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20131023T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20131025T180000
SUMMARY:Forms and Transformations of Pythagorean Knowledge: Askēsis – Religion – Science
UID:20260612T215227Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm
TZID:Europe/Berlin
LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:<p>There are two dominant understandings of Pythagoras in the Pythagorean tradition (and research about it): Pythagoras as a &ldquo\;shaman&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;religious leader&rdquo\; on the one hand\, as a &ldquo\;philosopher&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;scientific genius&rdquo\; on the other. Since F.M. Cornford&rsquo\;s seminal article &ldquo\;Mysticism and Science in the Pythagorean Tradition&rdquo\; (1922/1923) various attempts have been made to reconcile these understandings (e.g. Dodds\, Burkert) as well as to analyze them separately (e.g. Huffman). Most recently\, scholarship has tended to compartmentalize different facets of Pythagorean knowledge and in doing so has failed to provide a context in which to explore questions of their origins\, development\, and interde-pendency.<br><br>This conference aims to reverse the trend by addressing the connections between the different forms (practical\, tech-nical\, procedural\, propositional\, conscious\, tacit knowledge\, etc.) and fields within the body of Pythagorean knowledge (including ethics\, metempsychosis\, astronomy\, medicine\, arithmology\, harmony\, politics\, and Pythagorean women). In particular\, we intend to discuss how askēsis\, practical training and/or exercise concerning the Pythagorean way of life\, was related to more doctrinal fields of knowledge such as Pythagorean religion and science. It is\, for ex-ample\, a well-known fact that the doctrine of the migration of the soul exerted great influence on both the Pythagorean &ldquo\;rules of life&rdquo\; and more abstract theories about the nature of the cosmos.<br><br>Prof. Dr. Almut-Barbara Renger &amp\; Dr. Alessandro Stavru<br>Freie Universitaet Berlin<br>Institute for the Scientific Study of Religion<br>Email:&nbsp\;alessandro.stavru@fu-berlin.de</a></p>
ORGANIZER:
METHOD:PUBLISH
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR