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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: The Doubled Self and the Worship of the Gods Thursday, February 6, 2020 How did the ancient Greeks and Romans conceive of the nature of the human subject and its relationship to the divine?The Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus (203-270 CE) famously insisted that every human is doubled: our intellect “here” in the material world has an archetype “there” in a transcendent reality, where it eternally feasts on the intelligible Forms. This lecture will explore how Plotinus’s model of doubled selfhood fared in the generation that followed immediately upon his death, particularly in a debate between two of his most important Neoplatonic successors, Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234 – c. 305) and Iamblichus of Chalcis (c. 245 – c. 325). Specifically, it will explore the implications of this model of selfhood for ritual practice, that is, for the traditional worship of the gods. Time: 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm EST/GMT-5 Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102 Sponsor: Classical Studies Program; Interdisciplinary Study of Religions Program; Medieval Studies Program; Philosophy Program Contact: David Ungvary. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7600 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/academics/programs/physics/events/