Aristotle and his Others

Elena Comay Del Junco (University of Connecticut)

I am writing to announce the November meeting of The New England Symposium on Ancient Philosophy.  Several times a year, a New England-affiliated scholar working on Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy presents work-in-progress for discussion over Zoom.  

Our November meeting will take place on Thursday, November 11 at 4:30 EST and will be a discussion of Elena Comay del Junco's "Aristotle and his Others"

Here is Elena' description of her paper:  

This paper offers a systematic examination of Aristotle’s references to and discussions of non-Greek cultures and, in particular, his attitudes toward foreign intellectual sources. The primary aim is to understand what Aristotle took to be his own relation to earlier non-Greek traditions (and only secondarily to chart empirically the influence of actual historical sources on his thinking). Most importantly, we shall see what Aristotle’s discussions of foreign sources tell us about meta-philosophical commitments, in particular his views on the origins of philosophy and its significance.

At the meeting, Elena will give a short introduction to her paper and then we will turn to discussion.

The discussion will presuppose that participants have read her 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 for the meeting at least 48 hours in advance.  


You can register for this and other events on our website at https://www.newenglandsymposiumonancientphilosophy.com/.