Symposium Aristotelicum

About the Symposium Aristotelicum

The Symposium Aristotelicum was conceived by Professor Ingemar Düring, of the University of Göteborg. At a meeting of the Classical Association of Great Britain in Oxford in 1955, he suggested to a number of colleagues that there was a need for a meeting of Aristotelian scholars, to discuss particularly the "lost" works of Aristotle and the relations between the younger Aristotle and his master Plato. Plans for this meeting were laid down at an informal discussion at the "Lamb and Flag" in St. Giles, Oxford, between Professors Düring, Gwilym Owen, and David Furley. The Symposium met for the first time in Magdalen College Oxford for a week in August 1957, and its success persuaded its members to promote further meetings at regular intervals. […]

There have been meetings subsequently every three years. Each meeting has been followed by the publication of a volume based on the papers presented.

David J. Furley 1993

List of symposia and conference proceedings

1. Oxford 1957
   
   Ingemar Düring, G. E. L. Owen (Eds.): Aristotle and Plato in the Mid-Fourth Century. Papers of the Symposium Aristotelicum held at Oxford in August, 1957. Almqvist & Wiksell, Gothenburg 1960.
   Index (PDF, 94 KB)
2. Leuven 1960
   
   S. Mansion (Ed.): Aristote et les problèmes de méthode. Nauwelaerts, Paris/Leuven 1961.
   Index (PDF, 105 KB), Participants (PDF, 74 KB)
3. Oxford 1963
   
   G. E. L. Owen (Ed.): Aristotle on Dialectic: The Topics. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1968.
   Index (PDF, 75 KB)
4. Gothenburg 1966
   
   Ingemar Düring (Ed.): Naturphilosophie bei Aristoteles und Theophrast. Lothar Stiehm Verlag, Heidelberg 1969.
   Index (PDF, 83 KB)
5. Oosterbeek 1969
   
   Paul Moraux, Dieter Harlfinger (Eds.): Untersuchungen zur Eudemischen Ethik. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1971.
   Index (PDF, 80 KB), Participants (PDF, 81 KB)
6. Cerisy-la-Salle 1972
   
   Pierre Aubenque (Ed.): Études sur la Métaphysique d'Aristote. Vrin, Paris 1979.
   Index (PDF, 55 KB)
7. Cambridge 1975
   
   G. E. R. Lloyd, G. E. L. Owen (Eds.): Aristotle on Mind and the Senses. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1979
   Index (PDF, 95 KB), Participants (PDF, 53 KB)
8. Padua 1978
   
   Enrico Berti (Ed.): Aristotle on Science: The Posterior Analytics. Antenore, Padova 1981.
   Index (PDF, 66 KB), Participants (PDF, 47 KB)
9. Berlin 1981
   
   Paul Moraux, Jürgen Wiesner (Eds.): Zweifelhaftes im Corpus Aristotelicum. Studien zu einigen Dubia. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1983.
   Index (PDF, 52 KB), Participants (PDF, 56 KB)
10. Sigriswil 1984
    
    Andreas Graeser (Ed.): Mathematik und Metaphysik bei Aristoteles / Mathematics and Metaphysics in Aristotle. P. Haupt, Bern, Stuttgart 1987.
    Index (PDF, 51 KB), Participants (PDF, 59 KB)
11. Friedrichshafen 1987
    
    Günther Patzig (Ed.): Aristoteles, Politik. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990.
    Index (PDF, 52 KB), Participants (PDF, 57 KB)
12. Princeton 1990
    
    David Furley, Alexander Nehamas (Eds.): Aristotle's Rhetoric. Philosophical Essays.Princeton University Press, Princeton 1994.
    Index (PDF, 77 KB), Participants (PDF, 44 KB)
13. Certosa di Pontignano (Siena) 1993
    
    not published
    Program (PDF, 38 KB)
14. Oxford 1996
    
    Michael Frede, David Charles (Eds.): Aristotle's Metaphysics Lambda. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000.
    Index (PDF, 93 KB)
15. Deurne 1999
    
    Frans de Haas, Jaap Mansfeld (Eds.): Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption Book I. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004.
    Index (PDF, 75 KB)
16. Lille 2002
    
    Michel Crubellier, André Laks (Eds.): Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009.
    Index (PDF, 75 KB), Participants (PDF, 73 KB)
17. Venice 2005
    
    Carlo Natali (Ed.): Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009.
    Index (PDF, 77 KB)
18. Leuven 2008
    
    Carlos Steel (Ed.): Aristotle's Metaphysics Alpha. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012.
    Index (PDF, 78 KB), Participants (PDF, 74 KB)
19. Munich 2011
    
    Christof Rapp, Oliver Primavesi (Eds.): Aristotle's De Motu Animalium. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2020.
    Index (PDF, 82 KB), Participants (PDF, 74 KB)
20. Delphi 2014
    
    Katerina Ierodiakonou, Paulos Kalligas, Vassilis Karasmanis (Eds.): Aristotle's Physics Alpha. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2019.
    Index (PDF, 79 KB), Participants (PDF, 75 KB)
21. Athens 2017
    
    Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics II, not yet published.
22. Oslo 2022
    
    Aristotle's Categories, not yet published.