新书研讨会 Author-Meets-Critics

Ryan Balot,  Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato’s Laws 

 (Oxford University Press, 2024)

Ryan K. Balot is Professor of Political Science and Classics at the University of Toronto. He specializes in classical political thought. He is author of  Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens  (2001),  Greek Political Thought  (2006), and  Courage in the Democratic Polis: Ideology and Critique in Classical Athens  (2014),  Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato’s Laws  (2024); editor of  A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought  (2009), and co-editor of  The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides  (2017). 

Participants

BALOT, Ryan (University of Toronto)

FAN, Li(Tongji University)

FERRARI, G. R. F. (University of California, Berkeley)

LIU, Wei (Renmin University of China)

LOCKWOOD, Thornton (Quinnipiac University)

MEYER, Susan Sauvé (University of Pennsylvania)

NOÉ, Mariana Beatriz (University of Arizona)

JOHANSEN, Thomas (University of Oslo)

MANN, Wolfgang (Columbia University)

PENG, Yiying (Western University)

WANG, Zhiruo (University of Texas, Austin) 

Time

 9:00-12:00, June 13 (Friday), 2025

Venue

 Conference room 500, Humanities Building (人文楼500会议室)

RUC Conference on Ancient Philosophy VII

中国人民大学古希腊哲学国际会议（七）

PLATO’S  LAWS 

 柏拉图的《礼法》

Venue

 2nd Floor,Lide Building

(中国人民大学立德楼2层，书院第六空间)

DAYONE(June 14)

8:30-9:40 

Moderator: LIU, Wei (Renmin University of China)

FERRARI, G. R. F. (University of California, Berkeley)

Magnesia and the City of Pigs 

9:50-11:00 

Moderator: BALOT, Ryan (University of Toronto)

PENG, Lei (Renmin University of China)

Drunkenness in Plato’s  Laws

11:10-12:20 

Moderator: FAN, Li (Tongji University)

MEYER, Susan Sauvé (University of Pennsylvania)

What Counts as a Prelude in the  Laws ? 

14:00-15:10 

Moderator: JOHANSEN, Thomas (University of Oslo)

PENG, Yiying (Western University)

Asymmetry between  Akrasia  and  Enkrateia  in Plato's  Laws

15:20-16:30 

Moderator: WANG, Zhiruo (University of Texas, Austin)

LOCKWOOD, Thornton (Quinnipiac University)

Plato's  Laws  and Aristotle's  Politics  in Dialogue on Sparta 

16:40-17:50 

Moderator: MANN, Wolfgang (Columbia University)

LIN, Zhimeng (Zhejiang University)

Plato's New Understanding of  Physis  and  Nomos  in the  Laws

DAY TWO June 15

8:30-9:40 

Moderator: MEYER, Susan Sauvé (University of Pennsylvania)

WANG, Zhiruo (University of Texas, Austin)

The Politics of Affection: Civic  Philia  in Plato's  Laws 

9:50-11:00 

Moderator: LOCKWOOD, Thornton (Quinnipiac University)

NOÉ, Mariana Beatriz (University of Arizona)

Painting the Laws in Plato's  Laws  [online]

11:10-12:20 

Moderator: BALLA, Chloe (University of Crete)

LIU, Wei (Renmin University of China)

Socratic Paradox and Responsibility in Plato's  Laws

14:00-15:10 

Moderator: PENG, Yiying (Western University)

MANN, Wolfgang (Columbia University)

Some Questions about the Soul in  Laws  X

15:20-16:30

Modertor: PENG, Lei (Renmin University of China)

JOHANSEN, Thomas (University of Oslo)

The Priority of Art in  Laws  X

16:40-17:50

Moderator: FERRARI, G. R. F. (University of California, Berkeley)

BALOT, Ryan (University of Toronto)

Nature and Nature's God in Plato's  Laws