50€ (6 hours | 3 two-hour sessions)
Come and explore the intense philosophical debate that shaped the intellectual identity of Ancient Athens.
- Duration: 6 hours | 3 two-hour sessions
- Cost: 50,00 €
- Course attendance via internet with a physical presenter
- Send notes to your email
- Aimed at any person with a general interest in philosophy
Description
Come and explore the intense philosophical debate that shaped the intellectual identity of Ancient Athens. In this seminar, we will delve into the ideas of Socrates and the Sophists, discovering their relationship to democracy, rhetoric and truth.
What was the role of dialogue and questioning in Socrates’ philosophy? How did the Sophists influence political thought and education in Athens? Through discussion and analysis, we will illuminate the contrasts and common ground of these thinkers, connecting the past with the values of today.
A unique opportunity for those who want to understand in depth ancient philosophy and its contribution to democracy.
- The geographical shift, the new way of practice and the new characteristics of the philosophy. Athens, the centre of Hellenism and philosophy. The reforms of Cleisthenes. Political and social effects of the reforms. Rhetoric, philosophy and democracy.
- The meaning, image and characteristics of the Sophists. The question of virtue. Protagoras and the foundation of equality. Language, reason and truth. The distinction between nature and law. Socrates and sophistry. What we know about Socrates.
- The trial and condemnation of Socrates. The Socratic problem. Socrates through Plato’s Symposium. The universal concepts, the question and the dialectic. Socrates and ethics.
Presenter: Gerasimos Georgatos, graduate of the Philosophy Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with postgraduate studies in Paris and extensive experience in seminars on ancient Greek and modern philosophy.
