Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 Gandhi and the Stoics

DateTimeLocation
Tuesday, October 15, 20134:00PM - 6:00PMExternal Event, Centre for Ethics
Gerald Larkin Building
Room 200
15 Devonshire Place

Description

A renowned historian of ancient Western philosophy, Richard Sorabji is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at King’s College, London and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, London. He has authored fourteen books, including Aristotle on Memory (1972; 2d edition 2004), Necessity, Cause and Blame (1980; repr. 2007), Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life and Death (2006), and the book that will be the focus of his lecture, Gandhi and the Stoics (2012). His next book, Moral Conscience through the Ages, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2014. He has also edited over 100 volumes translating or interpreting works of late Greek philosophy. He served as President of the Aristotelian Society in 1985-86, and held the British Academy Research Professorship in 1996-99. Professor Sorabji’s many honours and awards include membership in the British, American, and Royal Flemish Academies.


Speakers

Professor Richard Sorabji
Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, Univeristy of Oxford


Main Sponsor

Centre for South Asian Studies

Sponsors

Centre for Ethics

Co-Sponsors

Centre for Medieval and Ancient Philosophy

Department of Philisophy

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