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Gods, Piety, and Impiety in the Socratic Philosophers

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
International Society for Socratic Studies • University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts & Sciences • School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics • Department of the Classics Department of Philosophy • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies • European Union Center • Humanities Research Institute • Illinois International
Location
108 Levis Faculty Center
Date
Oct 25, 2024 - Oct 26, 2024   8:20 am  
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Originating Calendar
European Union Center Events

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

MORNING SESSION

8:20-9:30 Daniel Burns (University of Dallas), “The City as Religious Community in Plato, Xenophon, and Cicero”

Commentator: Brian Walters (University of Illinois)

9:35-10:45 Avshalom Schwartz (Southern Methodist University), “Divine Epiphany and Political Authority in Plato’s Republic” 

Commentator: Kirk Sanders (University of Illinois)

10:50-12:00 Florencia Castro Possi (Alberto Hurtado University), “Back to the Future: The Socratic Diodorus Cronus and the Possibility of Divination” 

Commentator: Rodrigo Illarraga (San Sebastian University, University of Buenos Aires, and CONICET)

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:20-3:30 Christopher Moore (Penn State University), “Socrates’ Theological Speeches (Xen. Mem. 1.4 and 4.3) and the Problem of Divination” 

Commentator: Juan Bautista Bardi (University of California, Berkeley)

3:35-4:45 Tyler Paytas (Australian Catholic University), “If It Pleases the Gods: The Socratic Piety of Epictetus” 

Commentator: Dan Leon (University of Illinois)

4:50-6:00 David Bradshaw (University of Kentucky), “Socratic Faith” 

Commentator: Zach Biondi (University of Illinois)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

MORNING SESSION

8:30-9:40 David Johnson (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), “Socratic corruption and Socratic impiety” 

Commentator: Melle Van Duijn (University of Oklahoma)

9:45-10:55 Nicholas Smith (Lewis & Clark College), “Defending Socrates’ Innocence (Against His Modern Accusers)” 

Commentator: Nicholas Baima (Florida Atlantic University)

11:00-12:10 Trinidad Silva (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile), “Between the Voice and the Sign: The Daimonion in Plato’s and Xenophon’s Apology” 

Commentator: Octavian Gabor (Methodist College)

AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30-2:40 Benjamin McCloskey (Kansas State University), “‘I Know Myself Now’: Xenophon, Self-Knowledge, and Scillus” 

Commentator: Eleonora Mylli (University of Illinois)

2:45-3:55 Thomas Slabon (University of South Florida), “Holiness and Socrates’ View from Above” 

Commentator: Yidi Wu (Boston University)

4:00-5:10 Vitor Milione (Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro), “Luck, Success, and Piety: Xenophon’s Perspective on the Interplay between Divine Favor and Human Affairs”

Commentator: Jackson Gregory (University of Illinois)

5:20-6:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Claudia Mársico (University of Buenos Aires and CONICET), “The Socratics and the Problem of Pagan Monotheism”

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