Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (Thursday - Week 5, HT24)
Thursday 15 February, 4:00pm
Ryle Room, Radcliffe Humanities
Pierre-Marie Morel (Paris): 'Epicurean akribeia: heritage and innovation'
Chair: Cole Phelps
The notion of akribeia plays an essential role in Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus, and thus in natural philosophy (phusiologia) as he defines it. However, the notion has a long history before Epicurus, particularly in Plato and Aristotle. We will try to assess the inheritance and the innovation in the Epicurean conception of akribeia (particularly in relation to Aristotle), by looking at it from three angles: as a requirement for clarity, as an indication of certain knowledge, and as a means of unifying the different levels of generality of knowledge.
Workshop in Ancient Philosophy Convenors: Ursula Coope, Simon Shogry and Alexander Bown
