Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Toronto
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The Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (CSAMP) at University of Toronto
Canada
Joined August 2022
We are very excited that Stephen Menn (FRSC) will be moving to Toronto from January 2026 as the inaugural holder of the Michael and Virginia Walsh Chair in the History of Philosophy. Welcome, Stephen!.
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We are very excited that Stephen Menn (FRSC) will be moving to Toronto from January 2026 as the inaugural holder of the Michael and Virginia Walsh Chair in the History of Philosophy. He will retain...
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Rareș Ilie Marinescu, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Classics, has just seen his monograph into print with CUP. Proclus on Aristotle on Plato: A Case Study on Motion is now available. Congratulations, Rareș!.
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Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Proclus on Aristotle on Plato
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Turin and Toronto in Athens (May 2025)
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The annual Toronto-Turin reading group in Athens – this year on Republic 10 – is coming to a close!
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Join us today and tomorrow for our Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy – this year on Aristotle's Parva Naturalia.
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Aristotle’s Parva Naturalia FRIDAY, APRIL 25 Session I (2:15 – 3:45pm) Chair: Christian Pfeiffer (Toronto) Klaus Corcilius (Tübingen) “The Soul Itself vs. Common to Body and Soul” Commentator: Brad...
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The Department of Political Science is hosting an exciting workshop on ancient political philosophy on Friday and Saturday – more info here:.
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Friday, 11 April 9:30-9:40: Welcome, Acknowledgements & Introduction Session 1 | Chair: Myrthe Bartels 9:40-11:00 Tae-Yeoun Keum (UC Santa Barbara): “Plato the Taboo-Breaker: Mythological Incest and...
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Join us this evening for our last Proseminar talk this academic year, given by Rachel Barney (Toronto) on Protagoras and the Measure Thesis.
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Prof. Barney will talk on Protagoras and the Measure Thesis.
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Jessica Gelber (Philosophy, Toronto) will be talking to us this afternoon about Aristotle on Necessity “from an assumption”.
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Aristotle on Necessity “from an assumption” Abstract: Aristotle thinks there are different ways to be necessary. One way, often called “hypothetical” or “conditional” necessity, is associated with...
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Join us today for Reza Hadisi's (Philosophy, Toronto) talk on “Conception and Assent in Post-Classical Arabic Philosophy”.
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"Conception and Assent in Post-Classical Arabic Philosophy."
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Join us today for Reza Hadisi's (Philosophy, Toronto) talk on “Conception and Assent in Post-Classical Arabic Philosophy”.
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"Conception and Assent in Post-Classical Arabic Philosophy."
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If you want to know more about craft and nature in ancient philosophy, join our international workshop tomorrow and Friday!.
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Program Thursday, 6 March 2.00-3.15 Mary-Louise Gill (Brown): Craft and Causation in Aristotle’s Theory of Soul Response by Rareş I. Marinescu (Toronto) 3.15-4.30 Caleb Cohoe (Denver): An Internal...
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Peter King (Philosophy) will talk today about 'Augustine on Pulling the Trigger'.
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"Augustine on Pulling the Trigger." ABSTRACT. The main philosophical puzzle in Confessions 8 is how someone can want to do something but nevertheless fail to do it. This is, I argue, a problem about...
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Join us this evening for a talk by Jacob Klein (Colgate) on 'ὑπόληψις and ὁρμή: The Stoic Theory of Motivation'!.
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"Hupolêpsis and Hormê: The Stoic Theory of Motivation."
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This Friday we're hosting a conference on John Philoponus:.
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A colloquium on John Philoponus organised by Tommaso De Robertis and John Magee. You can attend in person or by Zoom: please use this link to find out more and register
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RT @G_BoysStones: Also on its way from @Routledge_Clas Issues in Ancient Philosophy: “Speusippus - A Forgotten Voice of Platonism” by Giuli….
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This volume, the first devoted specifically to Speusippus in English, offers a new picture of Speusippus’ philosophy via an in-depth analysis of the testimonia preserved by Aristotle. The book...
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Join us this evening for Andrew Summerson's (Sheptytsky Institute/Toronto) talk on 'Harmonizing the Areopagite: Reading and Reception of the Dionysian Corpus in Late Antique Christianity'.
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Title: "Harmonizing the Areopagite: Reading and Reception of the Dionysian Corpus in Late Antique Christianity." Abstract: This paper explores how Maximus the Confessor deployed strategies from the...
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This evening Léo Melançon-Thibault (Toronto) will talk about 'Peter Auriol on the Metaphysics of Political Power'.
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Presentation title: "Peter Auriol on the Metaphysics of Political Power." (Note - this is a change from the previously advertised title.)
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This evening our Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Paolo Crivelli (professeur honoraire, Geneva) will give a paper on Aristotle’s Metaphysics!.
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"Aristotle’s Strategy for a Defence of the Principle of Non-Contradiction"
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Emily Perry (Concordia) is joining us this evening with a talk on ‘Aristotle on Nature as a Generative Principle’.
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Emily Perry, visiting from Concordia University, will talk about 'Aristotle on Nature as a Generative Principle' [note revised title!].
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This evening Christian Pfeiffer (UTSC) will give a paper entitled “Hylomorphic Composites are Defined like the Snub”.
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The title of Christian Pfeiffer's presentation is: “Hylomorphic Composites are Defined like the Snub."
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