Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

Εκδήλωση

Τίτλος:: Lecture: Life and Wisdom: Notes on Epicurus
Πότε:: 20.06.2013 19.00 h
Που:: Kelvin Club - Melbourne
Κατηγορία:: Φιλολογία

Περιγραφή

By: Andrew Benjamin.
Entry: Free

How is life to be thought philosophically?

Are there the resources within life that allow it to be thought philosophically? Epicurus thought that there were.

He thought within life itself the categories for the evaluation of life as well the direction life should head were already given.

Philosophy has no need of the Gods. All that matter was life itself.

Biography

Professor Andrew Benjamin FAHA is Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought in the Department of Philosophy/Australian Centre for Jewish Civilization in Faculty of Arts at Monash University

He is a graduate of Universities in Australia, France and the UK. His predominate area of interest is philosophical aesthetics. With that domain the areas on which his work concentrates are painting and architecture.

His recent books include - Of Jews and Animals. (Edinburgh University Press 2012), Writing Art and Architecture (2010) and Place, Commonality and Judgement: Continental Philosophy and the Ancient Greeks. (Continuum 2010)

Τόπος διεξαγωγής

Venue:: Kelvin Club - Διαδικτυακός τόπος
Οδός:: Melbourne Place
ΤΚ:: 3000
Πόλη:: Melbourne
Νομός:: VIC
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