Symposium on Ancient Political Philosophy

Students in PSCI 0317, Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy, will be offering short papers (or commentaries on the papers) on parts of certain Platonic dialogs (The Apology of Socrates, The Republic, The Gorgias, The... [ view full abstract ]

Students in PSCI 0317, Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy, will be offering short papers (or commentaries on the papers) on parts of certain Platonic dialogs (The Apology of Socrates, The Republic, The Gorgias, The Protagoras, and the Meno) and certain treatises of Aristotle (Ethics, Politics, Rhetoric), which they have been studying in class. The purpose of the Symposium is to give students in the class an opportunity to share with others what a careful reading of these texts can teach us about political philosophy.

Nico DeGolia will serve as facilitator. Below are the presenters and the subjects of their papers, in alphabetical order.

John Loebs on Plato’s Republic
Ian McInerney on Plato’s Meno
Karlo Skarica on Aristotle’s Rhetoric,
Andrew Smith on Plato’s Gorgias
Sam Tauke on Plato’s Protagoras
Wentao Zhai on Reversals in Plato’s Protagoras and Meno