La UCD Philosophy Society quest’anno festeggia il suo Cinquantesimo anniversario con una serie di eventi speciali.
Il seminario inaugurale del cinquantesimo anno sarà tenuto da Alexander Nehamas, dell’università di Princeton, mercoledì 13 aprile alle 18 nel Theatre NT1, edificio Newman. Il seminario è aperto al pubblico ed è gratuito. Si può effettuare la registrazione mandando una email a philosophy.society@ucd.ie.
La Society sarebbe lieta di avere tra i suoi ospiti in particolare ex membri e laureati in filosofia della UCD. Dopo il seminario, ci sarà un aperitivo offerto dalla School of Philosophy. Il seminario, appropriato per l’occasione, è sul tema dell’amicizia: “Metafore nella Vita Reale: “Ti amo per quello che sei”.
Alexander Nehamas è professore sia di filosofia, sia di letteratura comparata all’università di Princeton. Ha all’attivo pubblicazioni e seminari sui temi più disparati, dalla filosofia classica, la filosofia dell’arte, teoria letteraria, amicizia, cultura popolare e televisione. Il suo ultimo libro, On Friendship, sarà pubblicato questo mese.
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UCD Philosophy Society this year celebrates its 50th anniversary with a number of special events.
The 50th inaugural lecture will be given by Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University, on Wednesday 13 April at 6pm in Theatre NT1, Newman Building. The lecture is open to the public and admission is free. Registration by email to philosophy.society@ucd.ie.
The Society particularly welcomes former members and UCD philosophy graduates. A wine reception, hosted by the School of Philosophy, will follow the lecture.
His lecture, appropriate for the occasion, is on the theme of friendship: ‘Metaphors in Real Life: “I Love You for Yourself”’.
Alexander Nehamas is professor of both philosophy and comparative literature at Princeton University. He has published and lectured widely on topics spanning classical philosophy, philosophy of art, literary theory, friendship, popular culture and television. His latest book, On Friendship, will be published this month.
Born in Athens, Nehamas pursued graduate studies in the USA, and has taught at Princeton since 1990. He is unique in being equally expert in diverse periods of philosophy. With a command of Ancient and Modern Greek, English, Latin, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, his interests also span diverse fields and genres of literature.
Translator of a number of Plato’s works, Nehamas is recognised internationally as a leading expert in Platonism. Emphasizing the practical value of philosophy in Ancient Greece and Rome, he questions the transformation of philosophy from a way of living into a purely academic discipline. His early work was on Platonic metaphysics and aesthetics as well as the philosophy of Socrates, but he gained a wider audience with his 1985 book Nietzsche: Life as Literature, in which he argued that Nietzsche thought of life and the world on the model of a literary text.
The titles of his earlier books give an indication of Nehamas’ continued concern to turn philosophy into an activity of personal meaning and practise.
“Because It Was He, Because It Was I”: Six Essays on Friendship (2015)
Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art (Princeton UP, 2007)
The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault (University of Californian Press, 2000)
Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates (Princeton UP, 1999)
Nietzsche: Life as Literature (Harvard UP, 1985)