Event Detail

Sat Apr 10, 2010
234 Moses Hall
8:30 AM

Working Group in Ancient Philosophy
Verity Harte (Yale)
Seminar on Plato’s Philebus

8:30a-9:30a
Continental breakfast and mingling

9:30a-11:30a Session 1 - Introduction to Philebus; the “Choice of Lives” argument - Philebus 11a-12a; 20b-23a

11:30a-1:00p
Lunch

1:00p-2:30p
Session 2 - Desire and the Soul - Philebus 31b-36c, esp. the argument of 34d-35d

3:00p-4:30p
Session 3 - False pleasure - Philebus 36c-41a, esp. 39a-40c