{"id":15498,"date":"2026-03-18T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=15498"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:54:37","slug":"care-and-indifference-in-ancient-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/philevents\/event\/care-and-indifference-in-ancient-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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