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CALL FOR PAPERS Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy Deadline: January 15, 2026 Magic has often been deeply misunderstood in the philosophical tradition—it has been dismissed as primitive, derided as ‘mystical,’ and stigmatized as unphilosophical by influential figures such as Aristotle and later Christian thinkers. Traditions of magical practice in Ancient Greek culture and thought often reveal deep understanding of the natural, physical world and the forces at work within it. In this volume, the term ‘magic’ . . . Read More
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Ancient Philosophy Society 2025 Annual Meeting Poster and Program
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John Sallis, 1938-2025John Sallis (1938-2025), the “dean” of continental philosophy in the United States and one of the foremost thinkers in the phenomenological, hermeneutic and deconstructive traditions of philosophy, died on February 18, 2025. His life and his work had an unparalleled impact upon philosophy in our times, shaping discussions and opening avenues for thinking. His many works on imagination constitute some of the most original and creative treatments of this topic, but the span and breadth . . . Read More
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Ancient Philosophy Society 2025 Meeting RegistrationRegistration for the meeting is now open. Note that APS membership is required to register for the meeting. We strongly encourage you to register for the banquet on the night of Saturday the 26th as well. Historically, the banquet has been a great chance to get to know other participants, and we hope to continue that tradition this year. You can pay membership dues and register for the meeting and banquet at the following link: . . . Read More
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Aristotle and Tragic TemporalityAristotle and Tragic Temporality treats a theme that has drawn scholarly attention for millennia: Aristotle on time and our experience of it. It does so, however, in a wholly unprecedented way, grounding its interpretation in his Poetics and Ethics, rather than the natural philosophy of the Physics. Sean D. Kirkland first takes up Aristotle’s discussion of our tragic temporal situatedness—our having to act, think, and live always between a determining past we can never fully . . . Read More
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Inquiring into Being: Essays on ParmenidesInquiring into Being is a study of Parmenides, the early Greek pre-Socratic philosopher often credited as the first metaphysician and whose sole written work was a philosophical poem. In his poem, Parmenides has a narrating goddess character indicate the sense of being that must be and cannot be as a corrective to the errors mortals make when accounting for the ultimate nature of reality while showing a keen scientific understanding of natural phenomena. Inquiring into . . . Read More
- Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Practice
Continental philosophers and contemporary artists transform the classics into living practices – A volume of original essays, four previously untranslated articles, novel visual art, and reproduced images, by an international lineup of today’s leading thinkers and practitioners – Features non-expository or non-argumentative elements, such as exhortative, prescriptive, or didactic dimensions (telling the reader to do something specific, such as, do an exercise, write something, etc.) – Thinkers and art-practitioners collaborate to produce a combined written . . . Read More
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Ancient Philosophy Society Graduate Student PanelCome join us for our next graduate student panel!