Notre Dame Workshop on Ancient Philosophy
Plato Statesman
September 17-18, 2004

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Friday, September 17

9:20 to 11:00: Kenneth Sayre (University of Notre Dame, Philosophy): “On Becoming
Better Dialecticians”

LUNCH

1:00 to 2:40: Christopher Rowe (Durham, UK, Classics): “Plato's Treatment of Non-Ideal
Constitutions in the Politicus: some further thoughts”
Response: Catherine H. Zuckert (University of Notre Dame, Political Science)

COFFEE BREAK

3:00- 4:40/5: Mary Louise Gill (Brown, Philosophy/Classics): "Models in Plato's
Statesman"
Response: Dimitri El Murr (ENS, Paris, France; Durham, UK, Philosophy/Classics)

REFRESHMENTS

DINNER

Saturday, September 18:

9:20-11: Catherine H. Zuckert (University of Notre Dame, Political Science): "Is Politics
an Art or a Science? Socrates v. the Stranger"

LUNCH

1-2:40: Mitchell Miller (Vassar, Philosophy): Miller on Sayre on the Statesman
Response: Kenneth Sayre

COFFEE BREAK

3-4:40/5: David Roochnik (Boston University, Philosophy): "Methodical Ambiguity in
Plato's Statesman.”
Response: George Harvey (University of Kentucky, Philosophy)REFRESHMENTS

DINNER

For more information, contact Gretchen J. Reydams-Schils at Reydams-Schils.1@nd.edu.