22-24 September 2016
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
Programme
THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
10.30 Welcome and introduction
Chair: Bruno Centrone (Universit脿 di Pisa)
11.00 Carlos L茅vy (Universit茅 Paris-Sorbonne)
Fonctions du paradigme musical chez Philon d鈥橝lexandrie
11.45 Coffee break
12.00 Federico M. Petrucci (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Exegetical strategies in the Middle Platonist interpretation of Plato鈥檚 Divisio Animae
Chair: Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle – AU)
15.30 M谩t茅 Veres (Central European University)
Sextus Empiricus against the musicians
16.15 Francesco Pelosi (Scuola Normale Superiore)
Musical imagery in Clement of Alexandria and Origen
18.00 Visit to the 鈥楥amposanto Monumentale鈥� in Pisa (by invitation only)
FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
Chair: Maria Michela Sassi (Universit脿 di Pisa)
9.30 Laura M. Castelli (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen)
Alexander of Aphrodisias and musical models for ontological enquiries
10.15 Massimo Raffa (Liceo Classico 鈥淟. Piccolo鈥�, Capo d鈥橭rlando)
Alexander of Aphrodisias in Porphyry鈥檚 Commentary on Ptolemy鈥檚 Harmonics
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle – AU)
How far can Porphyry鈥檚 Commentary on Ptolemy鈥檚 Harmonics be treated as a Middle Platonic exercise?
Chair: Riccardo Chiaradonna (Universit脿 degli Studi di Roma Tre)
15.00 Alexandra Michalewski (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Rythme et dynamisme producteur. R茅flexions sur le r么le de la musique dans les trait茅s de Plotin
15.45 George Karamanolis (Universit盲t Wien)
What philosophy has to do with music theory: the scope and argument of Porphyry鈥檚 Commentary on Ptolemy鈥檚 Harmonics
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Christoph Helmig (Universit盲t zu K枚ln)
The digression on the criterion in Porphyry鈥檚 Commentary on Ptolemy鈥檚 Harmonics
SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
Chair: Giovanna R. Giardina (Universit脿 degli Studi di Catania)
9.30 Dominic O鈥橫eara (Universit茅 de Fribourg)
The music of the virtues in late ancient Platonism
10.15 Stephen Gersh (University of Notre Dame)
Harmonics as model for theology in Proclus
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Philippe Hoffmann (脡cole Pratique des Hautes 脡tudes)
Philosophie et 渭慰蠀蟽喂魏萎 dans l鈥橝ntiquit茅 tardive
Attendance is free of charge.
For further information: francesco.pelosi@sns.it
federico.petrucci@sns.it
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