Dear colleagues,
There is some interest in our seminar on the Epinomis, planned for
the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of June in Sofia.
So, as an organizer I suggest that we shall have both - seminar, discussing the
ten "chapters" of the dialogue
successively - in a smaller auditorium, and papers-lectures on the whole of it, which might be presented
in a larger hall in one of the afternoons of the three days.
For the seminar I suggest the following working division in ten pieces:
1. Part one – from the beginning 973a- till 974 d2 - introduction
2. Part two – 974d2-976c5 – the other epistemai
3. Part three – 976c6-979d6 – the episteme needed mostly for the acquisition of wisdom
4. Part four – 979d7-981b2 – the inner dialogue between the Athenian guest and Kleinias
5. Part five – 981 b3 – 982 e6 – the five principle bodies
6. Part six – 982 e 7 -984 d – animation and divinity
7. Part seven – 984 d2-986a6 – the divine celestial bodies
8. Part eight – 986 a7- 988e2 – the eight dynameis of the celestial deities
9. Part nine – 988e3 – 991 b5 – the greatest virtue for the humans
10. Part ten - 991 b 6 – till the end – conclusion of the dialogue
