Georgia Tsouni
I studied Classics and Philosophy at the universities of Athens and Humboldt Universität Berlin. I wrote my PhD at the University of Cambridge (Faculty of Classics, Newnham College), supervised by Prof. David Sedley. A revised version of my PhD with the title "Antiochus and Peripatetic Ethics" has been recently published with Cambridge University Press (2019). I am working primarily on the Aristotelian and Stoic traditions of philosophy, with a special focus on ethics and political philosophy, and on the reception of Greek philosophy in the Roman period, and, especially, in the philosophical works of Cicero.
Together with Attila Nemeth, I have founded the Forum of Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, https://www.forumhellenisticum.com
Address: Department of Philology, Division of Classical Studies
University of Crete
Gallos Campus, Rethymnon 74100
Together with Attila Nemeth, I have founded the Forum of Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, https://www.forumhellenisticum.com
Address: Department of Philology, Division of Classical Studies
University of Crete
Gallos Campus, Rethymnon 74100
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in various ways negotiates Athenian intellectual authority in his philosophical works, appropriates it in a peculiarly Roman context and combines it with ‘indigenous’ sources of authority. The focus lies here in Cicero’s appropriation of the Academic discourse in his philosophical dialogues, in the construction of their dramatic setting and ‘scenography’ as a conscious response to Athens’ cultural landscape, as also in his remarks on the superior value of political activity over and above
intellectual pursuits which originate in Athens. The analysis will suggest that the straightforward promotion of Athens’ intellectual authority which can be found in some passages in Cicero is only one part of his multifaceted engagement with Athens and its traditions.
primarily on how Cicero applies the Academic principle of persuasiveness (probabile) in this work and on the use of Academic dialectical methodology for the discussion of the Stoic theory on appropriate actions, especially in the third book of De officiis.
Cicero’s dialogue On the Nature of the Gods (De Natura Deorum) consists in the successive presentation and refutation of the Epicurean and Stoic theologies from the standpoint of Academic scepticism. At the same time the dialogue contains a peculiar defense of Roman state religion. It is suggestive that Cotta who undertakes the refutation of both the Epicurean and Stoic views on theology in On the Nature of the Gods is also a member of the principal college of priests (pontifex) and, although he is assigned the role of the Academic sceptic in the dialogue, at the same time he demonstrates his belief in the traditional Roman religion and its practices. My contribution discusses how traditional religio is defended by Cotta in On the Nature of the Gods on the basis of the notion of auctoritas as opposed to that of philosophical ratio. Further, I will attempt to show that the view defended by Cotta is supplemented in the late philosophical dialogues of Cicero by another defence of traditional Roman religion, which is based on philosophical argumentation. Both approaches reflect Cicero’s commitment to the Academic epistemological criterion of the “persuasive” (probabilis).
Key-Words: Plutarch, Cicero, Metriopatheia, Apatheia, Ethics
in various ways negotiates Athenian intellectual authority in his philosophical works, appropriates it in a peculiarly Roman context and combines it with ‘indigenous’ sources of authority. The focus lies here in Cicero’s appropriation of the Academic discourse in his philosophical dialogues, in the construction of their dramatic setting and ‘scenography’ as a conscious response to Athens’ cultural landscape, as also in his remarks on the superior value of political activity over and above
intellectual pursuits which originate in Athens. The analysis will suggest that the straightforward promotion of Athens’ intellectual authority which can be found in some passages in Cicero is only one part of his multifaceted engagement with Athens and its traditions.
primarily on how Cicero applies the Academic principle of persuasiveness (probabile) in this work and on the use of Academic dialectical methodology for the discussion of the Stoic theory on appropriate actions, especially in the third book of De officiis.
Cicero’s dialogue On the Nature of the Gods (De Natura Deorum) consists in the successive presentation and refutation of the Epicurean and Stoic theologies from the standpoint of Academic scepticism. At the same time the dialogue contains a peculiar defense of Roman state religion. It is suggestive that Cotta who undertakes the refutation of both the Epicurean and Stoic views on theology in On the Nature of the Gods is also a member of the principal college of priests (pontifex) and, although he is assigned the role of the Academic sceptic in the dialogue, at the same time he demonstrates his belief in the traditional Roman religion and its practices. My contribution discusses how traditional religio is defended by Cotta in On the Nature of the Gods on the basis of the notion of auctoritas as opposed to that of philosophical ratio. Further, I will attempt to show that the view defended by Cotta is supplemented in the late philosophical dialogues of Cicero by another defence of traditional Roman religion, which is based on philosophical argumentation. Both approaches reflect Cicero’s commitment to the Academic epistemological criterion of the “persuasive” (probabilis).
Key-Words: Plutarch, Cicero, Metriopatheia, Apatheia, Ethics
Dans le cadre du projet "Pseudopythagorica : stratégies du faire croire dans la philosophie antique" (LabEx Hastec - LEM - Centre Jean Pépin).
PROGRAMME
Jeudi 23 Mai 2019 salle 26 (sous-sol)
14h30-15h Accueil – Introduction – Newsletter (Constantinos Macris)
15h-16h
Michel Humm (Université de Strasbourg)
Le contenu néo-pythagoricien des (faux) livres de Numa
16h15-17h15
Matteo Martelli (Université de Bologne)
Between Bolus of Mendes and Pseudo-Democritus: The Alchemical Face of Pythagoreanism?
17h15-18h15
Grégoire Lacaze (Université Paris-Est Créteil)
La figure de Pythagore dans la 'Turba philosophorum'
Vendredi 24 Mai 2019 salle 33 (sous-sol)
10h-11h
Jelle Abbenes (docteur de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
A Grammar of Pseudo-Pythagorean Doric – 20 Years Later
11h30-12h30
Izabela Jurasz (Centre Léon Robin)
Les ‘Conseils de Théano’ transmis en syriaque: Introduction, traduction et commentaire
12h30-14h30 Pause dejeuner
14h30-15h30
Georgia Tsouni (Universität Basel)
Common Themes in (Arius?) Didymus’ Outline of Peripatetic Ethics and [Archytas’] Pseudopythagorica ethica
15h45-16h45
Michele Curnis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Matériaux pythagoriciens et questions textuelles chez Jean Stobée : le cas de III 1, 199
16h45 : Discussion générale – perspectives
17h30 : Fin de l’Atelier