Online Lecture
Damascius on the Objects of the Sixth and Eighth Hypotheses of Plato's Parmenides
March 28, 2024
Lecture will take place on Zoom
7-9pm Athens & Alexandria
6-8pm Paris
5-7pm Oxford
12-2pm New York
Abstract
According to Proclus, the last four (out of nine) hypotheses of Plato’s Parmenides were interpreted since Plutarch of Athens as determining the unreal: what would happen if the One did not exist? In my talk, I discuss Damascius’ interpretation, according to which the last hypotheses discussed in the second part of the Platonic dialogue, especially of the sixth and eighth hypotheses, have real objects.
Pantelis Golitsis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Pantelis Golitsis is Associate Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His main research interests lie in Aristotle and the reception of Aristotle, Neoplatonism, and Byzantine philosophy. He is the author of Les Commentaires de Simplicius et de Jean Philopon à la Physique d’Aristote. Tradition et innovation (de Gruyter, 2008; Prix Zographos de l’Association pour l’encouragement des Études Grecques en France). His recent publications include an annotated edition, with Modern Greek translation, of Aristotle’s Metaphysics Lambda (Crete University Press, 2021), an edition of Aristotle’s On Progression of Animals (Cambridge University Press, 2021), an edition of Alexander of Aphrodisias’ commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics (books I-III; de Gruyter, 2022), and Damascius’ Philosophy of Time (de Gruyter, 2023).