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The conference will investigate the notions of care<\/em>\u00a0and indifference<\/em>\u00a0in Ancient Philosophy, broadly construed, from Plato to post-Hellenistic Philosophical traditions. Papers will address a wide range of topics, and especially how the notions of care and indifference shaped ethical, theological, cosmological, and political thought in the ancient Greco-Roman world.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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5 May<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

14.00-14.15<\/td>\nIntroductions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.15-14.45<\/td>\nFlora Nelson (Oxford) Caring about the Cicadas: Plato\u2019s Phaedrus 258e6-259d9<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.45-15.15<\/td>\nFranti\u0161ek \u0160pinka (Munich) Like Athletes Preparing for a Competition: Aristotle\u2019s Notion of <\/em>epimeleia and <\/em>ameleia in the NE<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.30-16.00<\/td>\nCristiana Sessini (Oxford): Divine Justice and Human Evil. How Plato\u2019s God Cares for Individuals and the Universe<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.00-16.30<\/td>\nSimonas Baliukonis (Vilnius) Care as a strategy of homoio\u0304sis theo\u0304i: assimilation to the unidentified gods of the Phaedo<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.45-17.45<\/td>\n(Keynote) Shaul Tor (KCL) Aristotle on the most god-loved human being: an open-ended suggestion<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.30<\/td>\nDinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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6 May<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10.00-10.30<\/td>\nMatteo Ferrari (Pisa): Ignoring Deities, Fearing Humans: The Lucianic Play on Divine Presence between Stoicism and Epicureanism<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.30-11.00<\/td>\nFani Goutsiou (Durham): Medea\u2019s Ethical Mistake and Stoic Indifference<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.15-12.15<\/td>\n(Keynote) Frisbee Sheffield (Cambridge) Plato and the Ethics of Care<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.30-14.00<\/td>\nDavid Lepidi (58³Ô¹Ï): Caring for the Vegetal World? Aristotle and Theophrastus on Plant Life and Human-Plant Relations<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.00-14.30<\/td>\nJanset Cetinkaya (Nottingham): Aristotle on Maternal Care<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.30-14.45<\/td>\nClosing Remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Registration<\/h2>\n

Please email sp283@st-andrews.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0by 20 April\u00a0if you plan to attend, noting any dietary requirements.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"care-and-indifference-in-ancient-philosophy","image":false,"all_day":true,"start_date":"2026-05-05 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"05","day":"05","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-05-06 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"05","day":"06","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2026-05-04 23:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"05","day":"04","hour":"23","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-05-06 22:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"05","day":"06","hour":"22","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"Europe\/London","timezone_abbr":"BST","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"\u00a3","currency_code":"GBP","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Conference","slug":"conference-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":22,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","id":22,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/22","collection":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":15503,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2026-03-18 16:50:49","date_utc":"2026-03-18 16:50:49","modified":"2026-03-18 16:50:49","modified_utc":"2026-03-18 16:50:49","url":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/venue\/university-of-st-andrews-school-of-classics\/","venue":"University of 58³Ô¹Ï, School of Classics","slug":"university-of-st-andrews-school-of-classics","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"University of 58³Ô¹Ï, School of Classics","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/venue\/university-of-st-andrews-school-of-classics\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents?id=15503","global_id_lineage":["www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents?id=15503"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy","description":"<p>The conference will investigate the notions of care\u00a0and indifference\u00a0in Ancient Philosophy, broadly construed, from Plato to post-Hellenistic Philosophical traditions. Papers will address a wide range of topics, and especially how…<\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/event\/care-and-indifference-in-ancient-philosophy\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2026-05-05T00:00:00+01:00","endDate":"2026-05-06T23:59:59+01:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"University of 58³Ô¹Ï, School of Classics","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/venue\/university-of-st-andrews-school-of-classics\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"},"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""}