College of Humanities and Social Science  
The University of Edinburgh Humanities and Social Science

Symposium on Moral Psychology and Political Theory in Plato's Republic

Department of Philosophy University of Edinburgh January 21-22

Venue: Kemp Smith Room, 3rd Floor, David Hume Tower, George Square

Programme :

Friday January 21
Morning session

09:30 -11:15 Richard Stalley "Persuasion and the tripartite soul"

11:15-11:45 Coffee

11:45-13:30 Thomas Johansen "Stasis and conflict in the divided soul"


13:30 - 15:00 Lunch


Afternoon session

15:00-16:45 Mike Ridge "Plato's Republic meets the Moral Problem"

16:45-17:15 Coffee

17:15-19:00 Christopher Rowe "The Socratic city: the city of pigs"


19:30 Dinner



Saturday January 22
Morning session

09:30-11:15 Malcolm Schofield "Money and the soul"

11:15-11:45 Coffee

11:45-13:30 Dominic Scott "The character of Plato's tyrant in Republic IX"


13:30-15:00 Lunch


Afternoon session

15:00-16:45 Antony Hatzistavrou "The happiness of the demiourgoi"

16:45-17:15 Coffee

17:15-19:00 Fritz Gregor Herrmann "Ascent and descent of the ruler"


19:30 Dinner