Beyond Being - Approaches of Transcendence in Ancient Philosophy

Beyond Being - Approaches of Transcendence in Ancient Philosophy

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The conference

We are delighted to announce a 4-day international conference on the theme of transcendence in ancient philosophy. The conference will take place at both the Federal University of ABC and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.


With the claim that the Form of the Good is beyond being (epekeina tês ousias, Republic, 509b8), Plato has (maybe not willingly) inaugurated a philosophical tradition which investigates transcendent hyper-ontological realities and their relationship with being. The necessity to accept the existence of ineffable entities as the ultimate principles of reality can be found at the center of many Neoplatonic philosophies and has caused intense discussions. In this conference, we aim to pursue this discussion and welcome any paper on the theme of transcendence, its origin, its development and its critics in ancient philosophy.


Location:


Paulo Freire Room

TUCA Theater

R. Monte Alegre, 1024 - Perdizes



The Program

September 19


13h00: Registration


14h00: Opening remarks


14h15-15h45: Session (A): 


  • James Trybendis (New School): And She's Hearing a Stairway to Heaven: Plotinus and the Music of the Good

  • Tiziano Ottobrini (Bergamo): Between Ineffable and Unspeakable: aporreton and arreton as In-dication of the Principle beyond the One, according to Damascius’ De primis principiis


Chair: Gabriele Cornelli (Brasilia)



15h45-16h00 : Coffee Break


16h00-18h00 : Opening keynote session  : 


  • Gabriele Cornelli (Brasilia): Transcending Death through Laughter: Plato on the Choices of the Souls in the Myth of Er

  • John Thorp (Western Ontario): Transcendence: from Light to Darkness


Chair: Cristiane Abbud


September 20


10h00 -12h15 : Session (B) :



  • Géraldine Hertz (Nantes) : Beyond Being and Ineffability : the implicit debate between a 2nd century Christian philosopher and his Middle Platonic contemporaries

  • Antonio Pio Di Cosmo (Universidad Católica de Cuyo) : Rethinking the "Royal Animal". Concretizing the Idea of the “good” from Eusebius to Agapitus

  • Andre L. Braga da Silva (USP): Not beyond Being: Existence, the Good, and the Being of the Ideas in Plato.


Chair: Cassio Mercier (PUC-SP)


14h00-16h15  : Session (C) : 


  • Xi Ji (Zhejiang University): Transcendence of the Human Soul in the Timaeus

  • Giovanni Vella (Fapcom): Guido Calogero e a interpretação universalista do conceito platônico  de imortalidade no Fédon

  • Cassio Ramos (PUC-SP): A transcendência como fundamento do discurso no Crátilo de Platão


Chair: Marcelo Perine (PUC-SP)



16h15-16h45 : Coffee Break


16h45-18h45 : Keynote papers I :


  • Matthew Duncombe (Nottingham): Transcendence, Immanence and Megaricism in Plato’s Theaetetus

  • Nicola Galgano (USP): Parmênides e o exórdio da transcendência


Chair: Luca Pitteloud e Bruno Conte


September 21



10h00 -12h00: Communications Session 


  • Augusto Dias Leite (Quioto/UFOP): Time beyond Being

  • Pedro Dotto (New School): The Interrelation between the Palinode and Rhetoric in Plato’s Phaedrus

  • Gabriel Balog (PUC-SP): The Elenkhos' ethical Purpose: from the "good thinker" to the good effect of their faculties

  • Erick D'Luca (Brasilia): On "the Being of Things" in 44 DK B6


Chair: Nicola Galgano

 



14h00-15h30:  Session (D) : 


  • Maurizio Di Silva (UFPR/USP): Augustine on mundus intelligibilis: De Ordine, II. 

  • Celso Vieira (Bochum): The Eternity is Eternal: Self-Predication in Plato's Timaeus


Chair: Maria Cecília Gomes dos Reis (UFABC)



15h30-16h00: Coffee Break


16h00-17h00: Keynote papers II : 


  • Lucas Angioni (Unicamp): Aristotle and the nous beyond episteme



Chair: Bruno Conte



September 22




13h15-15h30: Session (E) : 


  • William Young (Endicott College): Toward an Inclusive Conception of Eternity

  • Alberto Zali (Genova): From chorismos to epekeina tes ousias: two levels of transcendence in Plato’s philosophy

  • Dmitry Biriukov (Poletayev Institute): Once again on Neoplatonism of Arius


Chair: Pedro Dotto (New School)



15h30-16h00: Coffee Break


16h00-17h30: Closing conference : 


  • Gábor Betegh (Cambridge) : The ‘in’ Relation and the Functions of the Receptacle in the Timaeus


Chair: Luca Pitteloud

Program

Opening remarks / Session A
02:00 PM-03:45 PM
Opening Keynote Session
04:00 PM-06:00 PM
Session B
10:00 AM-12:15 PM
Session C
02:00 PM-04:15 PM
Keynote Papers I
04:45 PM-06:45 PM
Communications Session
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Session D
02:00 PM-03:30 PM
Keynote Papers II
04:00 PM-05:00 PM
Session E
01:15 PM-03:30 PM
Closing Conference
04:00 PM-05:30 PM

Registration

Certificates will be issued

Calendar

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Local

 Room Paulo Freire (TUCA Theater)

Speakers

Alberto Zali

Andre L. Braga da Silva

Antonio Pio Di Cosmo

Augusto Dias Leite

Bruno Conte

Cassio Ramos

Celso Vieira

Cristiane Abbud

Dmitry Biriukov

Erick D'Luca

Gabriel Balog

Gabriele Cornelli



Organizers

Bruno Conte, Pontifical Univ. of São Paulo

Luca Pitteloud, Federal Univ. of ABC

Local do Evento

Beyond Being - Approaches of Transcendence in Ancient Philosophy

Organized by

Faculdade de Filosofia, Comunicação, Letras e Artes

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