Plato, Poet and Philosopher - Platonic Dialogues

Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Philosophy, Sparta, May 2011. In memory of I.N. Theodoracopoulos. Soft cover, 24 cm, 328 pp. Papers in greek, english or french.

CONTENTS:

THURSDAY 26 MAY

• INAUGURAL SESSION: I.N. Theodoracopoulos: his ideas and his work

18:00-18:15 Opening speech by Dr. Stratis STRATIGIS: The Founding of the Liberal School of Philosophy "Plethon" by I. N. Theodoracopoulos.

18:15-18:30 Konstantinos I. DESPOTOPOULOS, Academician: Ioannis Theodoracopoulos and the Greek philosophy.

18:30-18:45 Evanghelos MOUTSOPOULOS, Academician: Jean Théodoracopoulos: tel que je l’ai vécu.

18:45-19:00 Linos BENAKIS, Former Director at the Research Centre on Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens: Plato’s Phaedrus and Theaetetus by I. N. Theodoracopoulos.

19:00-19:15 Maria PROTOPAPAS-MARNELI, Director at the Research Centre on Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens: The lasting influence of I. N. Theodoracopoulos’ ideas on education and language.

19:15-19:30 Myrto DRAGONA-MONACHOU, Professor Emerita, University of Athens: I.N. Theodoracopoulos’ Socrates.

19:30-19:45 Apostolos STAVELAS, Researcher at the Academy of Athens: The Language of Philosophy and the Philosophy of Language in I.N. Theodoracopoulos’ Thought.

19:45-20:00 Irene SVITZOU, Ph.D. student, University of Athens: Neo-hellenic approaches to Plato’s Gorgias in the end of the 19th century: the case of G. Mistriotis and I.N. Theodoracopoulos’ criticism.

20:00-20:15 Nicolaos KOUFOS: Vassaras: I.N. Theodoracopoulos’ hometown in the early 20th century.

FRIDAY 27 MAY

• MORNING SESSION: The Platonic Dialogues: Narrative Technique and the Use of Myth

9:00-9:30 Malcolm SCHOFIELD, Professor at the University of Cambridge: Why and when did Plato write narrated dialogues?

9:30-10:00 Aldo BRANCACCI, Professor at the University of Tor Vergata (Rome): La représentation d’Hippias dans le Protagoras.

10:00-10:30 Nikos CHARALAMBOPOULOS, Lecturer at the University of Patras: Ὥσπερ ποιητὴς ὑποκριτῇ. The tragedy of the frustrated philosopher-poets in Plato’s Charmides.

10:30-11:00 DISCUSSION

11:30-12:00 Evanghélos MOUTSOPOULOS, Academician: Révélations du mythe du Phèdre.

12:00-12:30 Monique DIXSAUT, Professor Emerita at the Sorbonne University (Paris I Pantheon): Donner à voir: fonction et sens des mythes platoniciens.

12:30-13:00 Ioannis KALOGERAKOS, Assistant Professor at the University of Athens: Philosophizing in the "Gardens of Adonis"? Plato on the Written and Spoken Word.

13:00-13:30 DISCUSSION

• EVENING SESSION: The Platonic Dialogues: Rhetorical Technique and antilogikê.

18:00-18:30 Rachel BARNEY, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto: Plato the Protagorean.

18:30-19:00 Chloe BALLA, Assistant Professor at the University of Crete: Revisiting Plato’s attack on Polus.

19:00-19:30 Anna TATSI, University of Athens: Plato’s Rhetorical Technique in Book 1 of the Republic.

19:30-20:00 DISCUSSION

20:00-20:15 Animation graphics presentation of the Mystras archaeological site by Giannis MARNELIS

SATURDAY 28 MAY

• EVENING SESSION: Plato’s Philosophy and its Reception from antiquity to modern times.

17:00-17:30 Denis O’BRIEN, Director of Research at the CNRS (Paris): Forms and Concepts.

17:30-18:00 Doukas KAPANTAÏS, Researcher at the Academy of Athens: Le paradoxe de Russell et l’idée de l’Autre dans le Sophiste de Platon.

18:00-18:30 Kiki ALATZOGLOU-THEMELI, Professor emeritus at the Ionion University: Plato, the ‘golden’ past and the ‘iron’ present: Laws 3, 677-702.

18:30-19:00 DISCUSSION

19:30-20:00 Ioannis TAÏFACOS, Professor at the University of Cyprus: Μεταβολὴ πολιτειῶν. Cicero’s Remarks on Plato’s Republic.

20:00-20:15 Linos BENAKIS, Former Director at the R.C.G.P. Academy of Athens: Proclus’ and Pachymeres’ scholia on Plato’s Parmenides.

20:15-20:40 Athina BAZOU, Researcher at the Academy of Athens: The ‘Platonic’ epigrams – Tradition, authorship, interpretation.

20:40-21:00 DISCUSSION

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