BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T212947Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T180000 SUMMARY:"Plato on Beauty and the Appearance of Virtue" UID:20240328T212948Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Amherst Center\, United States\, 01002 DESCRIPTION:
The October meeting of The New England Symposium on Ancient Philosophy will take place on Thursday\, October 28 at 4:30 EDT and will be a discussion of Jonathan Fine's \; \;"Plato on Beauty and the Appearance of Virtue."
Here is Jonathan's description of his paper: \; \;
Why\, to become virtuous in Plato's Republic\, must one learn to love the \;kalon \;(beautiful\, admirable\, noble) through shame and honour? Plato structures shame and honour by the kalon because virtue is a public affair: pursuing virtue involves desiring to be admired for beautiful deeds. Far from ethically immature\, I suggest\, this role of the \;kalon \;-- beauty -- registers the importance in our shared ethical lives of how we appear before others. \;
At the meeting\, Jonathan \;will give a short introduction to his paper and then we will turn to discussion.
The discussion will presuppose that participants have read the \;paper in advance of the session. The paper and Zoom link will be distributed to participants via email a couple weeks prior to the event. \; To allow yourself time to complete the readings\, please register at least 48 hours prior to the event. \; \;
You can register for this and other events on our website at \;https://www.newenglandsymposiumonancientphilosophy.com/.