the division of the text

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