25 janvier 2019 // Beyond Boundaries : Ancient Greek Philosophy and Islamic Thought in Dialogue (Utrecht)

BEYOND BOUNDARIES: ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN DIALOGUE

International workshop, University of Utrecht, 25 January 2019

Venue: Janskerkhof 13, room 0.06 (Stijlkamer)

This exploratory workshop brings together researchers in ancient Greek and Islamic philosophy, to showcase current research on the boundary between the Greek and the Islamic philosophical tradition, to discuss the various ways in which these two traditions are in dialogue, and to explore the contours of future scholarship straddling the study of ancient philosophy and the study of falsafa.

10:00-10:45: Maarten van Houte (Utrecht), “Killing two birds with one stone: the Stoics on divine punishment”

10:45-11:00: Coffee break

11:00-11:45: Olga Lizzini (Amsterdam), “Essence: remarks on a key-concept of Avicenna’s metaphysics”

12:00-14:00: Lunch break

14:00-14:45: Riccardo Chiaradonna (Rome), “Plotinus on memory, recollection and discursive thought”

14:45-15:00: Coffee break

15:00-15:45: Rotraud Hansberger (Munich), “Ibn Rushd (Averroes) on Divinatory Dreaming”

For information: m.bonazzi@uu.nl – c.lange@uu.nl