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Stoic Physics Workshop

Stoic Physics Workshop

  • Date 05 May 2023
  • Time 10.00-4.30
  • Category Conference

The Third Royal Holloway Stoicism Workshop

Schedule 

10.00-10.30 – Arrival 

10.30-11.30 – Arianna Piazzalunga (Torino/Geneva): ‘The Relationship between Principles and Elements in the Early Stoa’ 

11.30-12.30 – Cris Zarzar (Cambridge) and Carlo Rossi (Santiago): ‘Peculiar Qualities, Numerical Identity, and the Stoic Solution to the Growing Argument’ 

12.30-2.00 – Lunch 

2.00-3.00 – Anastasiia Starovoitova (California): ‘From Unity to Separation: Cosmic Cycle as a Perspective on the Development of Society in Seneca’ 

3.00-4.00 – Gabriele Flamigni (Sorbonne): ‘How Does Nature Allot to each its Due? Marcus Aurelius on a Question of “Theodicy”’ 

4.00-4.30 – Tea/Coffee 

4.30-5.30 – Ricardo Salles (Mexico): ‘Why is the Recurring Cosmos in the Stoic Theory of Everlasting Recurrence Always Identical?’ 

 

Organized by Liz Gloyn (Liz.Gloyn@rhul.ac.uk) and John Sellars (john.sellars@rhul.ac.uk). Although registration is not essential, if you plan to attend please let the organizers know via email. 

This event takes place under the auspices of the Centre for the Study and Application of Stoicism at Royal Holloway and in association with the London Centre for Ancient Philosophy.

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