Space in Hellenistic Philosophy

Historically speaking, the majority of efforts in the study of ancient Greek physics has traditionally been devoted either to the analysis of the surviving evidence about the Presocratic philosophers or to the detailed examination of the Platonic and Aristotelian oeuvre. The aim of this meeting is, on the one side, to discuss in a systematic way the notion of space in the most representative exponents of the philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age and, on the other, to explore the role of spatial concepts in authors who, though not having thematised this subject, have made use of these notions in a philosophically original way. To this purpose, specialists both of Hellenistic philosophy and of ancient physics have been invited to investigate the philosophical meaning and the historical significance of the different conceptions of space endorsed by various thinkers ranging from the beginnings of the Hellenistic period up to the early Imperial age. Finally, a special session will be devoted to the ways in which such conceptions were met in Modern philosophy.

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