A conference on Porphyry in Egypt in September

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METAPHYSICS IN EARLY NEOPLATONISM I: PORPHYRY ON SOUL

 Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Main Building, Floating Room F3 

September 18-19, 2023

https://athens-alexandria.ims.forth.gr/?p=5241

The workshop will be partly hybrid with presentations in person.

Hybrid sessions: Monday 18 September 9:45 – 18:30 & Tuesday 19 September 10:00 – 11:00. Time shows in Athens & Alexandria (GMT+3).

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TIdRPNiQTkqk0ueooS1IYg#/registration

Program

Monday, September 18

9.45 – 10.00   Welcome

Session 1: Porphyry, Christian and Arabic

10:00 – 11:00 Mark Edwards (University of Oxford, Christ Church): Porphyry and the Fortunate Fall of Souls

11:00 – 12:00 Hussein Soliman (Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Manuscript Center): Porphyry’s Soul Intellection in the Arabic Tradition

12:00 – 15:00 Break

Session 2: Porphyry, from Middle-Platonism to Iamblichus

15:00 – 16:00 Irini-Fotini Viltanioti (University of Crete & IMS-FORTH): Porphyry on Soul’s Parts. A Commentary on Porph. 253F Smith

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:30 Federico Maria Petrucci (University of Turin): The Fragments on Soul in Porphyry’s In Timaeum and Porphyry’s Role in the History of Platonist Exegesis

17:30 – 18:30 Constantinos Macris (CNRS, LEM): Some Porphyrian Doctrines on the Soul Discussed in Iamblichus’ De anima

Tuesday, September 19

Session 3: Porphyry’s treatise Περὶ τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς δυνάμεων

10:00-11:00   Tiziano Dorandi (CNRS, Centre J. Pépin): La nouvelle édition du Περὶ τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς δυνάμεων de Porphyre

11:00-17:00 Round Table: English Translation and Commentary of Porphyry’s Περὶ τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς δυνάμεων

More information about the program: https://athens-alexandria.ims.forth.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Porphyry_on_Soul_Provisional_Programme.pdf 

The workshop is co-organised by the Alexandria Center of Hellenistic Studies (ACHS) of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (IMS-FORTH). It is supported by the A. S. Onassis Foundation and by the M. V. Vardinoyannis Foundation.

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“Between Athens & Alexandria. Platonism, 3rd-7th c. CE” studies the relationship between the Neoplatonic Schools of Athens and Alexandria. The project is hosted by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (IMS-FORTH), based in Rethymno, Crete, in collaboration with the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (ACHS-BA). It is supported by the A. S. Onassis Foundation.

Project website: http://athens-alexandria.ims.forth.gr/