The harmony of reason

ORGANIZERS

Francesco PelosiFederico M. Petrucci

Speakers

Laura M. Castelli(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Stephen Gersh(University of Notre Dame)Christoph Helmig(Universität zu Köln)Philippe Hoffmann(École Pratique des Hautes Études)George Karamanolis(Universität Wien)Carlos Lévy(Université Paris-Sorbonne)Alexandra Michalewski(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Dominic O’meara(Université de Fribourg)Francesco Pelosi(Scuola Normale Superiore)Federico M. Petrucci(Scuola Normale Superiore)Massimo Raffa(Liceo Classico “L. Piccolo”, Capo d’Orlando)Harold Tarrant(University of Newcastle - AU)Máté Veres(Central European University)

Pogramme

THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

10.30 Welcome and introduction

Chair: Bruno Centrone (Università di Pisa)

11.00 Carlos Lévy (Université Paris-Sorbonne)Fonctions du paradigme musical chez Philon d’Alexandrie

11.45 Coffee break

12.00 Federico M. Petrucci (Scuola Normale Superiore)Exegetical  strategies  in  the  Middle  Platonist  interpretation  of  Plato’s  Divisio Animae

Chair: Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle - AU)

15.30 Máté Veres (Central European University)Sextus Empiricus against the musicians

16.15 Francesco Pelosi (Scuola Normale Superiore)Musical imagery in Clement of Alexandria and Origen

18.00 Visit to the ‘Camposanto Monumentale’ in Pisa (by invitation only)

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

Chair: Maria Michela Sassi (Università di Pisa)

9.30  Laura M. Castelli (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Alexander of Aphrodisias and musical models for ontological enquiries

10.15 Massimo Raffa (Liceo Classico “L. Piccolo”, Capo d’Orlando)Alexander of Aphrodisias in Porphyry’s Commentary on Ptolemy’s Harmonics

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle - AU)How far can Porphyry’s Commentary on Ptolemy’s Harmonics be treated as a Middle Platonic exercise?

Chair: Riccardo Chiaradonna (Università degli Studi di Roma Tre)

15.00 Alexandra Michalewski (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Rythme et dynamisme producteur. Réflexions sur le rôle de la musique dans les traités de Plotin

15.45 George Karamanolis (Universität Wien)What  philosophy  has  to  do  with  music  theory:  the  scope  and  argument  of Porphyry’s Commentary on Ptolemy’s Harmonics

16.30 Coffee break

17.00 Christoph Helmig (Universität zu Köln)The digression on the criterion in Porphyry’s Commentary on Ptolemy’s Harmonics

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

Chair: Giovanna R. Giardina (Università degli Studi di Catania)

9.30  Dominic O’meara (Université de Fribourg)The music of the virtues in late ancient Platonism

10.15 Stephen Gersh (University of Notre Dame)Harmonics as model for theology in Proclus

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Philippe Hoffmann (École Pratique des Hautes Études)Philosophie et μουσική dans l’Antiquité tardive